Saarbrücken (
pronounced in
German; , ) is the capital of the state of
Saarland in
Germany. Geographical location . Population 179,000. The city sits at the heart of a metropolitan area of 1.1 million people.Saarbrücken used to be the industrial and transport centre of a great coal basin; factories here produced iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials. However, over the past decades the industrial importance of Saarland has declined, as it is much cheaper, even for German companies, to import coal from lower-wage countries instead of buying it here.
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