Oberperl

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Oberperl
Perl parish
Former municipality coat of arms of Oberperl
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '25 "  N , 6 ° 23' 39"  E
Height : 269 ​​m above sea level NN
Residents : 518  (Jan. 1, 2020)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66706
Area code : 06867

Oberperl is a part of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973 Oberperl was an independent municipality.

geography

Oberperl is half a kilometer east of the capital Perl and about a kilometer north of the border with France . The place is in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park .

history

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Oberperl was assigned to the new municipality of Perl on January 1, 1974 together with 13 other municipalities.

Population development

The development of the population of Oberperl:

year Residents
2004 407
2010 482
2017 495
2020 518

Former municipal coat of arms

The former municipality of Oberperl had its own coat of arms from 1957 until its dissolution on January 1, 1974, showing three golden pears on a blue background.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 804 .