Saarlouis
city in the Saarland, Germany
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Summary
Saarlouis is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Saarlouis ranks in the top 4% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,167 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Mayors for Peace[3], Saarländischer Städte- und Gemeindetag[4], Q94992951[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saarlouis[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Head of government: Marc Speicher[8]
- Instance of: district capital[9]
- Shares border with: Wadgassen[10], Bous[11], Überherrn[12]
- Named after: Louis XIV of France[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Saint-Nazaire[14], Eisenhüttenstadt[15], Matiguás[16]
- Postal code: 66740[17]
- Commons category: Saarlouis[18]
- Licence plate code: SLS[19]
- Local dialing code: 06831[20]
- Archives at: Q28737446[21]
- Inception: 1680[22]
- Coordinate location: 49.31666666666667, 6.75[23]
- Official website: https://www.saarlouis.de/[24]
- IPA transcription: zaːɐ̯luˈiː[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Saarlouis[26]
- Commons gallery: Saarlouis[27]
- Described at URL: https://www.deutsche-militaerstandorte-nach1945.de/view_stadt.cfm?stadt_id=501[28]
- Population: 34,849[29], 34,532[30], 39,974[31], 34,552[32], 34,445[33], 34,717[34], 34,893[35], 37,667[36], 37,675[37]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Norsk Haandlexikon[39]
- Capital of: Saarlouis[40]
- Contains settlement: Beaumarais[41], Neuforweiler[42], Picard[43], Fraulautern[44], Steinrausch[45], Lisdorf[46], Roden[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Saarlouis[48]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 43,270,000[49] and 43.3[50]. Saarlouis sits at an elevation of 181[51].
Why It Matters
Saarlouis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Saarlouis is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]