Alliance partner Germany

The Saarpfalz district covers an area of 418.28 ^km2 and is home to around 142,000 inhabitants. The population density is 340 ^people/km2. The district administration is based in the district town of Homburg. The district comprises four towns and three municipalities.

As the district that initiated the alliance, the Saarpfalz district has a special organising and coordinating role to play. It is the link between the various partners, provides ideas for joint projects and translates the various contributions of the partners and existing collaborations into concrete project proposals.

The district of Neunkirchen, which borders the Saarpfalz district to the north, has an area of 249.8 ^km2 and a population of around 132,000. The population density is 530 ^people/km2. The district comprises two towns and five municipalities. The district administration is based in the town of Ottweiler.

The district of Neunkirchen, which established a district partnership with the district of Jarosław in 2014, has a few towns and municipalities that maintain lively European partnerships and can therefore also report on the municipal practice of cross-border cooperation. For example, the district town of Neunkirchen is officially twinned with Mantes-Laville in France and with the Polish town of Wolsztyn.