Saarbrücken (district)

Saarbrücken
—  District  —
Country  Germany
State Saarland
Capital Saarbrücken
Area
 • Total 410.62 km2 (158.5 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 332,333
 • Density 809.3/km2 (2,096.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration SB (Völklingen: VK)
Website regionalverband-saarbruecken.de

The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, an integration of a district (Kreis) and a district-free town. It is located in the south of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are Saarlouis, Neunkirchen, Saar-Pfalz, and the French département Moselle.

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History

The district Saarbrücken was originally created in 1816. In 1974, the district and the district-free city Saarbrücken were merged, and the new administrative body was named Stadtverband Saarbrücken. Although it's not a district like others, most of its administrative tasks are the same as those of a district.

Geography

The Saar River flows through the district, through the city Saarbrücken in the center of the district.

Coat of arms

The original district had no coat of arms, the Regionalverband uses a coat derived from the one of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The silver lion is taken from the County of Saarbrücken, the golden lion is the lion of Nassau.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Friedrichsthal
  2. Püttlingen
  3. Saarbrücken
  4. Sulzbach
  5. Völklingen
  1. Großrosseln
  2. Heusweiler
  3. Kleinblittersdorf
  4. Quierschied
  5. Riegelsberg

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung im 4. Vierteljahr 2010 und im Jahr 2010" (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. July 2011. http://www.saarland.de/dokumente/thema_statistik/STALA_BER_AI1-VJ4-10.pdf. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Regionalverband_Saarbr%C3%BCcken Regionalverband Saarbrücken] at Wikimedia Commons
   Districts in the state of Saarland in Germany