Homburg
town in Saarpfalz District, Saarland, Germany
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Summary
Homburg is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Homburg ranks in the top 5% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,890 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Saarländischer Städte- und Gemeindetag[4], Q94992951[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saarpfalz-Kreis[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Head of government: Karlheinz Schöner[8], Michael Forster[9]
- Instance of: district capital[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Ilmenau[11], La Baule-Escoublac[12]
- Postal code: 66424[13]
- Commons category: Homburg, Saarland[14]
- Licence plate code: HOM[15]
- Local dialing code: 06841[16], 06848[17]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Homburg[18]
- Official website: https://www.homburg.de/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Homburg, Saarland[20]
- Commons gallery: Homburg (Saar)[21]
- Described at URL: https://www.deutsche-militaerstandorte-nach1945.de/view_stadt.cfm?stadt_id=476[22]
- Population: 42,076[23], 41,934[24], 41,861[25], 41,811[26], 41,790[27], 41,612[28], 42,297[29], 42,498[30], 43,382[31], 43,412[32]
- Described by source: Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum[33], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[34]
- Capital of: Saarpfalz-Kreis[35]
- Contains settlement: Wörschweiler[36], Einöd[37], Kirrberg[38], Jägersburg[39]
- Official name: Homburg[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Homburg, Saarland[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Homburg, Saarland[42]
- Demonym: Homburger[43], Homburgerin[44], Homburgerinnen[45]
- Native label: Homburg[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Homburg, Saarland[47]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 82.65 km²[48] and 82.61 km²[49]. Homburg sits at an elevation of 233 m[50].
Why It Matters
Homburg has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Homburg is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]