Known in the Luxembourgish language as Klierf or Cliärref, and in German as Clerf, the traditional Luxembourgish town of Clervaux has a population of just 1300 residents and is located to the north of the landlocked central European country. Complete with a beautiful castle, oodles of history, and its own forest Cliärref is the administrative capital of the canton of Clervaux. The town’s arms, granted in 1896, show three blackbirds on a gold ground in the chief of a red shield, as a variation of the arms of the former Lords of Clervaux.
The city was the site of heavy fighting during World War II, in the December 1944 (Battle of Clervaux).