Merzig: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Saarland
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 31,118
• Coordinates: 49.4433° N, 6.6387° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 584 km (363 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX, Luxembourg): 37 km (23 mi), straight line
• Saarbrücken Airport (SCN): 43 km (26 mi), straight line
• Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport (ETZ, France): 58 km (36 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Beckingen: 6.5 km (4.1 mi)
• Mettlach: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Losheim: 11 km (7 mi)
• Dillingen: 12 km (7 mi)
• Nalbach: 12 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Trier, 35 km (22 mi)