Saarland

Saarland
State o Germany
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 49°22′59″N 6°49′59″E
Kintra	Germany
Caipital	Saarbrücken
Govrenment
• Meenister-Preses	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU)
• Govrening pairties	CDU / SPD
• Bundesrat votes	3 (o 69)
Area
• Tot	2568.65 km2 (991.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Tot	982,348
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DE-SL
GDP/ Nominal	€30.06 billion (2010) [citation needit]
NUTS Region	DEC
Website	saarland.de

Saarland (German pronunciation: [ˈzaːɐlant]; French: Sarre, IPA: [saʁ]) is ane o the saxteen states o Germany. The caipital is Saarbrücken. It haes an aurie o 2570 km² an 1,045,000 indwellers. In baith aurie an population, it is the smawest state in Germany ither than the ceety-states (Berlin, Bremen an Hamburgh). Its location on the mairch atween Fraunce an Germany haes gien Saarland a unique history.

The Saar didna exist as a unifeed entity till its creation as the Territory o the Saar Basin bi the League o Naitions efter Warld War I. Afore this, some pairts o the current entity wur Proushie an ither pairts Bavarie. The indwellers votit tae rejoin Germany in a plebiscite in 1935.

Frae 1947 tae 1956 the Saar wis a French-occupeed territory (the "Saar Protectorate") separate frae the rest o Germany. In 1955 the inhabitants wur affered unthirldom in a plebiscite, but insteid votit tae become a state o Wast Germany. Frae 1920 tae 1935, an then frae 1947 tae 1959, the indwellers uised postage stamps issued specially for the territory; see postage stamps an postal history o the Saar for details. Atween 1950 an 1956, Saarland wis a member o the Cooncil o Europe. Ane o Lufthansa's Boeing 747-400s (registered D-ABVS) is namit Saarland.

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial govrenmental portal