Sankt Ingbert
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| Sankt Ingbert | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saarland |
| District | Saarpfalz-Kreis |
| Town subdivisions | 5 |
| Mayor | Georg Jung (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 49.95 km² (19.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 215-402 m |
| Population | 38,259 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 766 /km² (1,984 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | IGB |
| Postal code | 66386 |
| Area code | 06894 |
| Website | www.sanktingbert.de |
Sankt Ingbert (also St. Ingbert) is a municipality in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km north-east of Saarbrücken, and 10 km south-west of Neunkirchen. Population (2005) 38,659. Sankt Ingbert is an old industrial town, but most of its heavy industries (coal, steel, glass) have closed. Major employers now include software company SAP AG and Festo automation technologies.
St. Ingbert is named after the Irish saint St Ingobert, and belonged for 300 years to the electorate of Trier.
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[edit] Twin towns
Saint-Herblain, France, since 1981
N'Diaganiao, Senegal, since 1986- Radebeul, Germany, since 1987 (then
GDR) - Rhodt unter Rietburg in Edenkoben, Germany, since 1959
[edit] Famous People
- Peter Hartz (August 9, 1941), German businessman
- Bernd Schneider (July 20, 1964), racecar driver
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] External links
- official website (german)
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