Saarlouis is a town on the banks of the Saar river in the state of Saarland in western Germany, close to the borders with France and Luxembourg. King Louis XIV of France ordered it built in 1680 as a fortress town designed by the military engineer Vauban, to secure the new French frontier after the Treaty of Nijmegen, and the star shaped fortifications still shape its layout. The town passed to Prussia in 1815, was administered under the League of Nations as part of the Saar Basin territory after the First World War, rejoined Germany in 1935 after a plebiscite, and returned to Germany again in 1957 after the post war French protectorate. It has a population of over 37,000 and is the seat of the district of Saarlouis, a regional centre of industry and commerce within the SaarLorLux Euroregion.
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With a population of over 37,000 (2024)
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Saarlouis was founded in 1680 by order of Louis XIV of France
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