Saarland

Saarland is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of 2,570 km² and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen a…
Saarland is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of 2,570 km² and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east; it also shares a small border about 8 kilometres long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest.
  • Capital: Saarbrücken
  • Country: Germany
  • Demonym: Saarlander or Saar
  • Time zone: UTC+1 (CET)
  • ISO 3166 code: DE-SL
  • NUTS Region: DEC
  • HDI (2018): 0.936 · very high · 9th of 16
Data from: en.wikipedia.org