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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Ich rühm' dich, du freundliches Land an der Saar" ("I praise you, you friendly land at the Saar") | |
| Coordinates: 49°22′59″N 6°49′59″E / 49.38306°N 6.83306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Saarbrücken |
| Government | |
| • Body | Landtag of Saarland |
| • Minister-President | Anke Rehlinger (SDP) |
| • Governing parties | SPD |
| • Bundesrat votes | 3 (of 69) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 990,509 |
| • Density | 385.4/km2 (998.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | DE-SL |
| GRP (nominal) | €36 billion (2019) |
| GRP per capita | €37,000 (2019) |
| NUTS Region | DEC |
| HDI (2018) | 0.931 very high · 8th of 16 |
| Website | {{ |
Saarland (/ˈsɑːrlænd/, also US: /ˈzɑːr-/, German: [ˈzaːɐ̯lant] (
listen); French: Sarre [saʁ]; Rhine Franconian: Saarlond) is a Bundesland (state) of Germany. It has an area of 2,568.45 km2 (991.7 sq mi) and 1,014,000 people living in it (2011). Saarland lies in the south-west of Germany, near the French border near Metz. The capital is Saarbrücken.
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