Wadern

Wadern
Wadern
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wadern within Merzig-Wadern district
	Wadern Wadern
	Coordinates: 49°31′N 6°52′E / 49.517°N 6.867°E
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Merzig-Wadern
Subdivisions	13
Government
• Mayor (2014–24)	Jochen Kuttler (ProHochwald)
Area
• Total	111.17 km2 (42.92 sq mi)
Highest elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Lowest elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	15,885
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	66680–66687
Dialling codes	06871, 06874 (Büschfeld + Nunkirchen)
Vehicle registration	MZG
Website	www.wadern.de

Wadern is a municipality in the federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 13 urban districts with approximately 16.000 inhabitants. With 143 inhabitants per km² it is sparsely populated, but, with an area of 111 km², Wadern is the third largest municipality in Saarland after Saarbrücken and St. Wendel. The town is divided into 14 urban districts and altogether 24 villages belong to the commune. The town is part of the Moselle Franconian language area.^[3]

^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
^ "Fläche und Bevölkerung - Stand: 31.12.2022 (Basis Zensus 2011)" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. June 2023.
^ Wadern, Stadt. "Daten und Fakten - Stadt Wadern". ssl.wadern.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[1] Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.

[2] "Fläche und Bevölkerung - Stand: 31.12.2022 (Basis Zensus 2011)" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. June 2023.

[3] Wadern, Stadt. "Daten und Fakten - Stadt Wadern". ssl.wadern.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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