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.

[6] The Romans settled Luxembourg in the 1st century BC, it has been speculated whether or not the settlement of Contern was founded by them or even previously.

The name Contern first appeared in a charter from 879 AD, although its first official listing was by Pope Honorius II in 1128.

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.

[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][25]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.

[29] 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.

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.

[36][37][38][39] 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.

In the 19th century much of the Census data concerning the populations of each individual locality was publicised, notably also including the Lieu-dits: births[83][84] birth rate (per 1000) death rate (per 1000) (per 1000) (per 1000)[87] Former Yugoslavia Population of Contern by country of origin (2024) Contern is a commuter town, largely dependant on Luxembourg city for its economy.

[97] 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.

In 2016, the Governing CSV party proposed a new junction on the A1 in order to serve Contern, Itzig and the Contern-Sandweiler industrial estate as well as a new road to connect the junction to all of those places citing the alarming increase of through traffic in the commune as the main reason the construct it.

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.

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.

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.

[132] 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.

[135] 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.

In the aftermath of the election, DP, LSAP and Déi Gréng formed a coalition government excluding CSV, the party with the most votes and seats.

Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei Demokratesch Partei Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei Déi Gréng Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei National Bewegung Groupement fir d’Lëtzebuerger Souveränitéit Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg Neutral an onofhängeg Mënscherechterpartei Déi Lénk The Contern Coat of arms is "Argent a fess wavy Gules charged with three triangles also wavy Or, said fess accompanied in chief by a cross anchored Gules, at the base of a shell Sable.

[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.