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Best places to live in Greater Saarbrücken

40 municipalities with 840,242 residents within about 30 km of Saarbrücken, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Saarbrücken, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Marpingen
    St. Wendel, 10,002 residents    35
  2. 2Tholey
    St. Wendel, 12,186 residents    34
  3. 3Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen, 47,097 residents    33
  4. 4Illingen
    Neunkirchen, 15,987 residents    32
  5. 5Schiffweiler
    Neunkirchen, 15,537 residents    31
  6. 6Ottweiler
    Neunkirchen, 14,522 residents    31
  7. 7Wadgassen
    Saarlouis, 17,076 residents    30
  8. 8Homburg
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 42,498 residents    30
  9. 9Beckingen
    Merzig-Wadern, 14,945 residents    29
  10. 10Blieskastel
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 20,202 residents    29

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For retired couples

  1. 1Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen, 47,097 residents    63
  2. 2Wallerfangen
    Saarlouis, 9,322 residents    62
  3. 3Ottweiler
    Neunkirchen, 14,522 residents    61
  4. 4Wadgassen
    Saarlouis, 17,076 residents    60
  5. 5Homburg
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 42,498 residents    60
  6. 6Sulzbach/ Saar
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 16,368 residents    59
  7. 7Schmelz
    Saarlouis, 16,343 residents    59
  8. 8Lebach
    Saarlouis, 19,108 residents    59
  9. 9Kleinblittersdorf
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 10,786 residents    59
  10. 10Überherrn
    Saarlouis, 11,591 residents    58

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For remote workers

  1. 1Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen, 47,097 residents    73
  2. 2Illingen
    Neunkirchen, 15,987 residents    73
  3. 3Marpingen
    St. Wendel, 10,002 residents    72
  4. 4Wadgassen
    Saarlouis, 17,076 residents    71
  5. 5Schiffweiler
    Neunkirchen, 15,537 residents    71
  6. 6Ottweiler
    Neunkirchen, 14,522 residents    70
  7. 7Schmelz
    Saarlouis, 16,343 residents    69
  8. 8Wallerfangen
    Saarlouis, 9,322 residents    69
  9. 9Tholey
    St. Wendel, 12,186 residents    68
  10. 10Rehlingen-Siersburg
    Saarlouis, 14,305 residents    68

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For commuters

  1. 1Saarbrücken
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 183,509 residents    72
  2. 2Riegelsberg
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 14,331 residents    69
  3. 3Sulzbach/ Saar
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 16,368 residents    68
  4. 4Püttlingen
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 18,243 residents    67
  5. 5St. Ingbert
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 35,059 residents    66
  6. 6Quierschied
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 12,896 residents    65
  7. 7Friedrichsthal
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 9,887 residents    65
  8. 8Völklingen
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 40,358 residents    65
  9. 9Heusweiler
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 18,158 residents    64
  10. 10Kleinblittersdorf
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 10,786 residents    62

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For single professionals

  1. 1Saarbrücken
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 183,509 residents    63
  2. 2St. Ingbert
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 35,059 residents    51
  3. 3Sulzbach/ Saar
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 16,368 residents    51
  4. 4Völklingen
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 40,358 residents    50
  5. 5Riegelsberg
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 14,331 residents    50
  6. 6Püttlingen
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 18,243 residents    50
  7. 7Quierschied
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 12,896 residents    49
  8. 8Friedrichsthal
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 9,887 residents    45
  9. 9Homburg
    Saarpfalz-Kreis, 42,498 residents    44
  10. 10Heusweiler
    Regionalverband Saarbrücken, 18,158 residents    44

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Marpingen
    St. Wendel, 10,002 residents    64
  2. 2Spiesen-Elversberg
    Neunkirchen, 12,843 residents    62
  3. 3Neunkirchen
    Neunkirchen, 47,097 residents    61
  4. 4Illingen
    Neunkirchen, 15,987 residents    61
  5. 5Saarlouis
    Saarlouis, 34,893 residents    60
  6. 6Tholey
    St. Wendel, 12,186 residents    59
  7. 7Wadgassen
    Saarlouis, 17,076 residents    59
  8. 8Dillingen/ Saar
    Saarlouis, 19,941 residents    59
  9. 9Schiffweiler
    Neunkirchen, 15,537 residents    58
  10. 10Eppelborn
    Neunkirchen, 16,507 residents    58

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Towns in Greater Saarbrücken