List of cities in Saarland by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Saarland with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 38 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List

Saarbrücken

Neunkirchen

Homburg (Saar)

Völklingen

The following table lists the 38 cities and communes in Saarland with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German[2]
2. The city name[2]
3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)[2]
4. The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[2]
5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[3]
6. The city land area as of December 31, 2017[2]
7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)[2]

2017 Rank	City	district	2017 estimate	2011 Census	2017 land area	2017 pop. density
1	Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken (district)	180,966	175,853	168 km²	1,080/km²
2	Neunkirchen, Saarland	Neunkirchen (district)	46,767	46,172	75.3 km²	621.4/km²
3	Homburg (Saar)	Saarpfalz-Kreis	41,934	41,502	82.6 km²	507.6/km²
4	Völklingen	Saarbrücken (district)	39,376	38,809	67.1 km²	586.8/km²
5	Sankt Ingbert	Saarpfalz-Kreis	35,951	36,645	50.0 km²	719.7/km²
6	Saarlouis	Saarlouis (district)	34,532	34,479	43.3 km²	797.5/km²
7	Merzig	Merzig-Wadern	29,818	29,727	109 km²	273.6/km²
8	Sankt Wendel	Sankt Wendel (district)	25,959	26,220	114 km²	228.7/km²
9	Blieskastel	Saarpfalz-Kreis	20,770	21,255	108 km²	191.9/km
10	Dillingen, Saarland	Saarlouis (district)	20,143	20,253	22.1 km²	913.5/km²
11	Lebach	Saarlouis (district)	18,977	19,484	64.2 km²	295.5/km²
12	Püttlingen	Saarbrücken (district)	18,576	19,134	23.9 km²	775.6/km²
13	Heusweiler	Saarbrücken (district)	18,072	18,201	40.0 km²	451.7/km²
14	Bexbach	Saarpfalz-Kreis	17,683	18,038	31.1 km²	568.8/km²
15	Wadgassen	Saarlouis (district)	17,372	17,885	25.9 km²	670.5/km²
16	Schwalbach, Saarland	Saarlouis (district)	17,254	17,320	27.4 km²	630.4/km²
17	Eppelborn	Neunkirchen (district)	17,024	17,726	47.3 km²	360.3/km²
18	Illingen	Neunkirchen (district)	16,378	16,978	36.1 km²	453.8/km²
19	Sulzbach/Saar	Saarbrücken (district)	16,360	16,591	16.1 km²	1,018/km²
20	Schmelz	Saarlouis (district)	16,115	16,435	58.6 km²	274.9/km²
21	Losheim am See	Merzig-Wadern	16,042	15,906	97.0 km²	165.5/km²
22	Wadern	Merzig-Wadern	15,771	16,181	111 km²	141.9/km²
23	Schiffweiler	Neunkirchen (district)	15,686	15,993	21.4 km²	732.3/km²
24	Beckingen	Merzig-Wadern	15,035	15,355	51.9 km²	290.0/km²
25	Riegelsberg	Saarbrücken (district)	14,515	14,763	14.7 km²	990.8/km²
26	Ottweiler	Neunkirchen (district)	14,500	14,934	45.6 km²	318.3/km²
27	Rehlingen-Siersburg	Saarlouis (district)	14,422	14,526	61.3 km²	235.5/km²
28	Saarwellingen	Saarlouis (district)	13,287	13,348	41.7 km²	318.9/km²
29	Quierschied	Saarbrücken (district)	13,108	13,506	20.2 km²	648.6/km²
30	Spiesen-Elversberg	Neunkirchen (district)	12,976	13,509	11.4 km²	1,136/km²
31	Tholey	Sankt Wendel (district)	12,161	12,385	57.5 km²	211.3/km²
32	Mettlach	Merzig-Wadern	12,081	12,180	77.8 km²	155.2/km²
33	Überherrn	Saarlouis (district)	11,570	11,655	34.3 km²	337.2/km²
34	Kleinblittersdorf	Saarbrücken (district)	10,984	11,396	27.2 km²	404.0/km²
35	Mandelbachtal	Saarpfalz-Kreis	10,620	11,107	57.7 km²	184.0/km²
36	Friedrichsthal	Saarbrücken (district)	10,170	10,409	9.0 km²	1,131/km²
37	Marpingen	Sankt Wendel (district)	10,138	10,590	39.8 km²	254.5/km²
38	Kirkel	Saarpfalz-Kreis	10,065	10,058	31.3 km²	321.2/km²

External links

• Cities in Saarland by population

References

1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
2. "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
3. "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.