Capellen
Capellen is a town in the commune of Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg, 12 km west of Luxembourg City.
Capellen is a town in the commune of Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg, 12 km west of Luxembourg City. As of September 2026, the town has a population of 2,575. Despite not having a commune named after it, Capellen lends its name to the canton of Capellen, and is the only town in Luxembourg to bear the latter distinction but not the former.
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Worth seeing in and around Capellen
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stade François Trausch
Stade François Trausch is a football stadium in Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg. It is currently the home stadium of FC Mamer 32.
3.4 km · football stadium in Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg · Wikipedia - 02Schauwenburg Castle
Schauwenburg Castle in Bertrange in south-western Luxembourg has a history dating back to the Middle Ages when, according to historical references from the early 13th century, the Lords of Bertrange occupied a fortified castle. Today's building originated in the 16th century as testified by the Renaissance windows on the eastern and northern wings, the façade being completed in 1710.
5.7 km · Luxembourg fort history · Wikipedia
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Getting to Capellen
- Airports
- Luxembourg-Findel (LUX), 16 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 97 km · Maastricht Aachen (MST), 142 km
- Stations
- Capellen railway station, 900 m · Mamer Lycée railway station, 4.1 km · Mamer railway station, 3 km · Kleinbettingen railway station, 5.2 km
- Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → Capellen200 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · €25–36
- Maastricht → Capellen136 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €19–26
- Charleroi → Capellen140 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · €19–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Capellen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Capellen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIn addition, there's a funicular between Pfaffenthal and Kirchberg.
- Get aroundIn addition, the Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg station has a quirky funicular that takes travelers from the Rout Bréck-Pfaffenthal tram stop on top of the Kirchberg hill to the train station, closer to the Pfaffenthal valley.
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