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Völklingen
Sign in to saveVölklingen (; , Moselle Franconian: Välglinge) is a town in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 10 km west of Saarbrücken, and directly borders France.
Völklingen is a town in the German state of Saarland, located about 10 kilometers west of Saarbrücken on the Saar River and adjacent to France. It is notable for its location in a border region that has historically connected German and French cultures and territories.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Völklingen is referenced by 172 other articles, and connects out to France, Germany and French.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Saarbrücken (district) and Towns in Saarland.
Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Altes Rathaus Voelklingen.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Voelklingen COA.svg
- German location.image_flag
- flag of Völklingen.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Völklingen in SB.svg
- German location.state
- Saarland
- German location.district
- Saarbrücken
- German location.elevation
- 255
- German location.area
- 67.06
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 10041519
- German location.postal_code
- 66301–66333
- German location.area_code
- 06898, 06802
- German location.licence
- VK
- German location.mayor
- Christiane Blatt
- German location.leader_term
- 2017–27
- German location.party
- SPD
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Population
- 40358
- Area
- 67.1
- Elevation
- 182
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Saar
- Official website
- www.voelklingen.de
- Image
- Altes Rathaus Voelklingen.jpg
- Dialing code
- 06898
- Licence plate code
- VK
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- twinned administrative body
- Ars-sur-Moselle
- Commons category
- Völklingen
- topic's main category
- Category:Völklingen
- postal code
- 66333
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Völklingen
- category for people born here
- Категорія:Уродженці Фельклінгена
- P8168
- Guy L. Steele Jr.
- official color
- white
- hashtag
- Völklingen
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Subdivisions
- Climate
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Völklingen (; , Moselle Franconian: Välglinge) is a town in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 10 km west of Saarbrücken, and directly borders France.
The town is known for its industrial past, the Völklinger Hütte (ironworks) being declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Völklingen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (6)
On the map
2 mapped locations