Wadern

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Wadern
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Merzig-Wadern
Town subdivisions	14
Mayor	Fredi Dewald (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	111.17 km² (42.9 sq mi)
Elevation	250-600 m
Population	17,006 (31/03/2006)
- Density	153 /km² (396 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZG
Postal codes	66680–66687
Area codes	06871, 06874 (Büschfeld + Nunkirchen)
Website	www.wadern.de Coordinates: 49°31′00″N 6°52′00″E / 49.516667, 6.866667

Wadern is the northernmost town of the German federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 14 districts with approximately 17,000 inhabitants. In terms of area, Wadern is the third largest town in Saarland after Saarbrücken and St. Wendel.

1 Geography
2 Districts
3 Education
4 See also

[edit] Geography

Wadern is located at the foot of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald

[edit] Districts

Bardenbach, Büschfeld, Überlosheim, Dagstuhl, Gehweiler, Krettnich, Lockweiler, Löstertal, Morscholz, Noswendel, Nunkirchen, Steinberg, Wadern, Wadrill, Wedern.

The biggest village within the town of Wadern is Nunkirchen, which is situated in the very south of the municipality.