Additionally the commune contains the lieux-dits of Bricherhaff, Brichermillen, Kréintgeshaff, Kackerterhaff (which means "cockerel farm" in Luxembourgish), Éitermillen, Marxeknupp and Pleitrange.

In recent years Contern has industrialised; however, it mainly functions as a commuter town into Luxembourg City, as do most of the other settlements in the commune.

The budget was later rectified on November 30 and also around that time Contern joined the Luxembourgish Climate Alliance (Klimabündnis-Lëtzebuerg) and Contern.lu was set up.

[20] In November 2023, the DuPont chemical plant located partially within Contern threatened to lay off a large portion of its staff.

In May, it was controversially announced that the square would be named “Place Luc Frieden” in the honour of the sitting prime minister of Luxembourg who has resided in the commune for 30 years.

The LSAP backed up the mayor amid the controversy, having already voted in favour of the name in the council meeting.

[22] Although no prominent archaeological sites or artifacts date back to Celtic times, much remains from the Romans including some housing ruins and remnants of an aqueduct.

Contern is bordered by the communes of Sandweiler and Schuttrange to the north, Lenningen and Bous-Waldbredimus to the east, Dalheim to the south, Weiler-la-Tour to the southwest and Hesperange to the west.

[1][2]Contern covers an area of 20.55 square kilometres, making it, as of 2022,[needs update] the 54th largest commune in Luxembourg out of 102.

[27] The contrast between the two sub regions gives Contern a varying topography, from the rolling hills in the south and west to the sharp sandstone cliffs to the east around Medingen and the north around Kréintgeshaff and Éiterbierg.

Contern is largely centred around the River Syre, which nearly perfectly bisects the commune, and to a lesser extent, its tributaries.

The Syre flows north-east from Syren in the commune of Weiler-la-Tour continuing up to the border with Schuttrange halfway between Oetrange and Schrassig.

Whilst flowing through the commune, it directly bisects both Moutfort and Oetrange and the lieux-dits of Bricherhaff and Brichermillen.

Contern has an oceanic climate (Cfb), with moderate precipitation, cold to cool winters and warm summers.

It is cloudy about two-thirds of the year.Being in the Guttland region, Contern's geological structure consists largely of Luxembourg Sandstone with deposits of lime and clay underneath.

[34][35][36][37] The Schleederbaach, sometimes referred to as the Millebaach, is a brook which flows from the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate to just west of Moutfort where it meets the Syre.

Similarly the cliffs which make up the Schleederbaach valley also accumulate large amount groundwater from areas just east of Contern and west of Kackerterhaff and channel it into the brook.

Contern's population has mostly been rising steadily over the past 200 years with the exception of the second half of the 19th century when there was a prolonged period of decline.

[83] There are plans in the next five to ten 5–10 years to build a new motorway exit on the Luxembourg Ring to serve Contern and Itzig.

Parts of this road including the river crossing still remain in the locality of op der Syrener-Heed.

Typically Oetrange is served by two regional trains an hour westboud: one to Luxembourg City westbound and one to Wittlich; eastboud one to Wasserbillig.

The dump is located in the Op Dem Keller industrial zone in Munsbach and is shared with the commune of Shuttrange.

[106] The commune runs multiple buildings such as the town hall, municipal workshop and social office.

It comes from the FNS and can be applied for as long as the decision is enclosed with the SNSF agreement, together with an PDF form which needs to be completed.

[112] There's also a separate National Fund for low income citizens, the total sum is determined mostly by their household.

There are potentially more areas which meet the criteria set by the European Commission to warrant a new hotspot but none are planned for the moment.

[116] The mayor is elected and is put in charge of municipal staff, administration, infrastructure, security, emergency services, communications, relations with other communes, schools and sport.

[119] The municipal elections in Contern use a form of open list proportional representation, each contesting party generally puts forward 11 candidates, one for every seat available, each voter also gets 11 votes however they needn't utilise all of them.

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[citation needed] Every year on the first Sunday in Lent, as in the rest of Luxembourg Contern celebrates the Buergbrennen festival on a small trail near Hoehenhof.