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Also known as Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Trier-Saarburg (; ) is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north and clockwise) Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is surrounded by the district.

Key facts

Germany district.name
Trier-Saarburg
Germany district.image_coa
DEU Landkreis Trier-Saarburg COA.svg
Germany district.image_flag
Flagge Landkreis Trier-Saarburg.svg
Germany district.state
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany district.capital
Trier
Germany district.area
1102.26
Germany district.Kreisschlüssel
07235
Germany district.district_admin
Stefan Metzdorf
Germany district.admin_party
SPD
Germany district.carsign
TR, SAB
Germany district.founded
June 7, 1969
Germany district.url
trier-saarburg.de

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Saarburg
Country
Germany
Capital
Trier
Population
149398
Area
1101.00
Elevation
307
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Official website
www.trier-saarburg.de
Licence plate code
TR
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Commons category
Landkreis Trier-Saarburg
topic's main category
Category:Trier-Saarburg
male population
73673
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Museums
  • Coat of arms
  • Verbandsgemeinden
  • Towns and municipalities
  • References
  • External links

Trier-Saarburg (; ) is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north and clockwise) Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is surrounded by the district.

==History== The district was created in 1969 by merging the previous districts Trier and Saarburg.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trier-Saarburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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