Editing Saarland (section)

== Geography ==

The state borders France (department of [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]], which forms part of the region of [[Grand Est]]) to the south and west, Luxembourg ([[Grevenmacher District]]) to the west and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] to the north and the east. It is named after the river [[Saar (river)|Saar]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Moselle]] (itself a tributary of the [[Rhine]]), which runs through the state from the south to the northwest.

Saarland is about the same size as neighboring Luxembourg with Luxembourg being 2,586sq km (998 sq mi) and Saarland at 2,570sq km (990sq mi). Within Germany, it is slightly larger than the combined area of the three city-states (Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg) but is by far the smallest of the ''Flächenländer'' ("area-states"). It is less than one sixth the size of [[Schleswig-Holstein]], the next smallest German state. One third of the land area of the Saarland is covered by forest, one of the highest percentages in Germany. The state is generally hilly; the highest mountain is the Dollberg with a height of {{cvt|695.4|m|ft}}.

[[Image:S L.svg|thumbnail|right|Districts of Saarland (towns dark-coloured, position of number in the capital)]]
Most inhabitants live in a city agglomeration on the French border, surrounding the capital of Saarbrücken.

See also [[List of places in Saarland]].

* [[Saar-Warndt coal mining basin]]

===Districts===
Saarland is divided into six districts ({{langx|de|Landkreise}}):

# [[Merzig-Wadern]]
# [[Neunkirchen (German district)|Neunkirchen]]
# [[Saarbrücken (district)|Saarbrücken]]
# [[Saarlouis (district)|Saarlouis]]
# [[Saarpfalz-Kreis]]
# [[Sankt Wendel (district)|Sankt Wendel]]