Saarland

Saarland
State
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 / 49.38306; 6.83306
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	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Saarlanders
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DE-SL
GRP (nominal)	€36 billion (2019)[1]
GRP per capita	€37,000 (2019)
NUTS Region	DEC
HDI (2018)	0.931[2] very high · 8th of 16
Website	www.saarland.de

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.

1. ↑ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt – in jeweiligen Preisen – 1991 bis 2019". statistik-bw.de. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.