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The Grand Ducal Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Grand-Ducale) was a French-style gendarmerie force in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that was responsible for law enforcement in the countyside.

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It was formed on February 3, 1733, "to fight the plague of the vagrants and people without consent". Luxembourg was a department of France from 1795 to 1813 and the law of the "28 germinal year VI", "charter" of gendarmerie French main roads, applied. In 1805, The name of the National Gendarmerie was changed to Imperial Gendarmerie. In 1814, Luxembourg becomes a province of Prussia with the gendarmerie replaced by a government Militia. From 1830 to 1839, the territory of Luxembourg is controlled by Constabulary Dutchwoman. The Ordinance of 29 January 1840 created the 'Grand Duchy Royal Gendarmerie'. The Royal-Grand Ducal decree of 25 August 1863 changed the name into the 'Company of the Grand Duchy Royal Gendarmerie' (German: Königlich Grossherzogliche Gendarmerie Kompagnie). In 1940, under the German occupation, the gendarmerie is dissolved and its members were integrated in the services of the polizei deployed into the occupied countries on Eastern Europe. The law of 23 July 1952 constituted the legal bases of the modern gendarmerie. It formed a part of the army as well as of the police force. The Gendarmerie was merged into the Grand Ducal Police on 1 January 2002.^[1]

The gendarmerie was placed under the supervision of the Minister for the Police Force (later Minister for the Interior) for all matters related to its organisation, administration, training and discipline. It fell under the remit of the Minister for Justice for all matters related to the maintenance of law and order and the exercise of the Criminal Investigation Department.

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[edit] External links

• History of the Grand Ducal Gendarmerie
• Grand Ducal Police official website