title: List of cities in the Saarland by population
text: # List of cities in the Saarland by population
  
  The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of the Saarland with a population of more than 10,000. As of December 31, 2017, 38 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.
  
  ## List
  
  The following table lists the 38 cities and communes in Saarland with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.
  
  * The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German
  * The city name
  * The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)
  * The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
  * The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census
  * The city land area as of December 31, 2017
  * The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)
  
  | 2017 Rank | City | district | 2017 estimate | 2011 Census | 2017 land area | 2017 pop. density |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Saarbrücken | Saarbrücken (district) | 180,966 | 175,853 | 168 km² | 1,080/km² |
  | 2 | Neunkirchen, Saarland | Neunkirchen (district) | 46,767 | 46,172 | 75.3 km² | 621.4/km² |
  | 3 | Homburg (Saar) | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 41,934 | 41,502 | 82.6 km² | 507.6/km² |
  | 4 | Völklingen | Saarbrücken (district) | 39,376 | 38,809 | 67.1 km² | 586.8/km² |
  | 5 | Sankt Ingbert | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 35,951 | 36,645 | 50.0 km² | 719.7/km² |
  | 6 | Saarlouis | Saarlouis (district) | 34,532 | 34,479 | 43.3 km² | 797.5/km² |
  | 7 | Merzig | Merzig-Wadern | 29,818 | 29,727 | 109 km² | 273.6/km² |
  | 8 | Sankt Wendel | Sankt Wendel (district) | 25,959 | 26,220 | 114 km² | 228.7/km² |
  | 9 | Blieskastel | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 20,770 | 21,255 | 108 km² | 191.9/km |
  | 10 | Dillingen, Saarland | Saarlouis (district) | 20,143 | 20,253 | 22.1 km² | 913.5/km² |
  | 11 | Lebach | Saarlouis (district) | 18,977 | 19,484 | 64.2 km² | 295.5/km² |
  | 12 | Püttlingen | Saarbrücken (district) | 18,576 | 19,134 | 23.9 km² | 775.6/km² |
  | 13 | Heusweiler | Saarbrücken (district) | 18,072 | 18,201 | 40.0 km² | 451.7/km² |
  | 14 | Bexbach | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 17,683 | 18,038 | 31.1 km² | 568.8/km² |
  | 15 | Wadgassen | Saarlouis (district) | 17,372 | 17,885 | 25.9 km² | 670.5/km² |
  | 16 | Schwalbach, Saarland | Saarlouis (district) | 17,254 | 17,320 | 27.4 km² | 630.4/km² |
  | 17 | Eppelborn | Neunkirchen (district) | 17,024 | 17,726 | 47.3 km² | 360.3/km² |
  | 18 | Illingen | Neunkirchen (district) | 16,378 | 16,978 | 36.1 km² | 453.8/km² |
  | 19 | Sulzbach/Saar | Saarbrücken (district) | 16,360 | 16,591 | 16.1 km² | 1,018/km² |
  | 20 | Schmelz | Saarlouis (district) | 16,115 | 16,435 | 58.6 km² | 274.9/km² |
  | 21 | Losheim am See | Merzig-Wadern | 16,042 | 15,906 | 97.0 km² | 165.5/km² |
  | 22 | Wadern | Merzig-Wadern | 15,771 | 16,181 | 111 km² | 141.9/km² |
  | 23 | Schiffweiler | Neunkirchen (district) | 15,686 | 15,993 | 21.4 km² | 732.3/km² |
  | 24 | Beckingen | Merzig-Wadern | 15,035 | 15,355 | 51.9 km² | 290.0/km² |
  | 25 | Riegelsberg | Saarbrücken (district) | 14,515 | 14,763 | 14.7 km² | 990.8/km² |
  | 26 | Ottweiler | Neunkirchen (district) | 14,500 | 14,934 | 45.6 km² | 318.3/km² |
  | 27 | Rehlingen-Siersburg | Saarlouis (district) | 14,422 | 14,526 | 61.3 km² | 235.5/km² |
  | 28 | Saarwellingen | Saarlouis (district) | 13,287 | 13,348 | 41.7 km² | 318.9/km² |
  | 29 | Quierschied | Saarbrücken (district) | 13,108 | 13,506 | 20.2 km² | 648.6/km² |
  | 30 | Spiesen-Elversberg | Neunkirchen (district) | 12,976 | 13,509 | 11.4 km² | 1,136/km² |
  | 31 | Tholey | Sankt Wendel (district) | 12,161 | 12,385 | 57.5 km² | 211.3/km² |
  | 32 | Mettlach | Merzig-Wadern | 12,081 | 12,180 | 77.8 km² | 155.2/km² |
  | 33 | Überherrn | Saarlouis (district) | 11,570 | 11,655 | 34.3 km² | 337.2/km² |
  | 34 | Kleinblittersdorf | Saarbrücken (district) | 10,984 | 11,396 | 27.2 km² | 404.0/km² |
  | 35 | Mandelbachtal | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 10,620 | 11,107 | 57.7 km² | 184.0/km² |
  | 36 | Friedrichsthal | Saarbrücken (district) | 10,170 | 10,409 | 9.0 km² | 1,131/km² |
  | 37 | Marpingen | Sankt Wendel (district) | 10,138 | 10,590 | 39.8 km² | 254.5/km² |
  | 38 | Kirkel | Saarpfalz-Kreis | 10,065 | 10,058 | 31.3 km² | 321.2/km² |
  