List of cities in Bavaria by population

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The following list sorts all cities and municipalities in the German state of

urban agglomerations
.

List

Munich
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Regensburg
Ingolstadt
Würzburg
Fürth
Erlangen
Bamberg
Schweinfurt

The following table lists the 74 cities and municipalities in Bavaria with a population of at least 20,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

  1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German[2]
  2. The city name[2]
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)[2]
  4. The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[2]
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[3]
  6. The city land area as of December 31, 2017[2]
  7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
  8. Yearly population growth since 2011
2017
Rank
City district 2017 estimate 2011 Census 2017 land area 2017 pop. density growth (2011–2017)
1 Munich urban district 1,456,039 1,348,335 311 km2 4,686/km2 +1.16%
2 Nuremberg urban district 515,201 486,314 186 km2 2,763/km2 +0.87%
3 Augsburg urban district 292,851 267,767 147 km2 1,994/km2 +1.36%
4 Regensburg urban district 150,894 135,403 80.8 km2 1,866/km2 +1.64%
5 Ingolstadt urban district 135,244 124,927 133 km2 1,014/km2 +1.20%
6 Würzburg urban district 126,635 124,297 87.6 km2 1,446/km2 +0.28%
7 Fürth urban district 126,526 115,613 63.4 km2 1,997/km2 +1.37%
8 Erlangen urban district 110,998 103,719 77.0 km2 1,442/km2 +1.03%
9 Bamberg urban district 77,179 70,635 54.6 km2 1,413/km2 +1.34%
10 Bayreuth urban district 73,999 70,808 66.9 km2 1,106/km2 +0.67%
11 Landshut urban district 71,193 63,544 65.8 km2 1,081/km2 +1.72%
12 Aschaffenburg urban district 69,928 67,359 62.5 km2 1,120/km2 +0.56%
13
Kempten (Allgäu)
urban district 68,330 64,078 63.3 km2 1,080/km2 +0.97%
14 Rosenheim urban district 63,080 59,329 37.2 km2 1,695/km2 +0.93%
15 Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (district) 57,727 52,706 81.0 km2 713.1/km2 +1.38%
16 Schweinfurt urban district 53,437 52,143 35.7 km2 1,497/km2 +0.37%
17 Passau urban district 51,781 48,649 69.6 km2 744.4/km2 +0.94%
18 Freising Freising (district) 48,318 44,578 88.6 km2 545.4/km2 +1.22%
19 Straubing urban district 47,586 44,488 67.6 km2 704.0/km2 +1.02%
20 Dachau Dachau (district) 47,255 43,402 35.0 km2 1,352/km2 +1.29%
21 Hof urban district 45,950 44,759 58.0 km2 792.0/km2 +0.40%
22 Kaufbeuren urban district 43,478 41,550 40.0 km2 1,086/km2 +0.68%
23 Memmingen urban district 43,470 41,241 70.1 km2 620.0/km2 +0.79%
24 Weiden in der Oberpfalz urban district 42,543 41,746 70.6 km2 602.8/km2 +0.28%
25 Amberg urban district 42,248 41,911 50.1 km2 842.8/km2 +0.12%
26 Ansbach urban district 41,652 39,491 99.9 km2 416.9/km2 +0.80%
27 Coburg urban district 41,236 41,023 48.3 km2 853.9/km2 +0.08%
28 Schwabach urban district 40,781 38,469 40.8 km2 999.5/km2 +0.88%
29 Germering Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 40,285 37,724 21.6 km2 1,865/km2 +0.99%
30 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz Neumarkt (district) 39,822 38,362 79.0 km2 504.0/km2 +0.56%
31 Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 37,202 33,379 32.5 km2 1,144/km2 +1.64%
32 Erding Erding (district) 36,382 33,528 54.6 km2 666.2/km2 +1.24%
33 Deggendorf Deggendorf (district) 33,373 31,491 77.1 km2 432.6/km2 +0.88%
34 Forchheim Forchheim (district) 32,125 30,329 44.5 km2 722.7/km2 +0.87%
35 Friedberg Aichach-Friedberg 29,782 28,640 81.3 km2 366.5/km2 +0.59%
36 Neuburg an der Donau Neuburg-Schrobenhausen 29,608 27,733 81.3 km2 364.2/km2 +0.99%
37 Landsberg am Lech Landsberg (district) 28,865 27,324 57.9 km2 498.4/km2 +0.83%
38 Unterschleißheim Munich (district) 28,809 25,872 14.9 km2 1,930/km2 +1.63%
39 Schwandorf Schwandorf (district) 28,730 27,556 124 km2 232.0/km2 +0.63%
40 Königsbrunn Augsburg (district) 27,850 26,997 18.4 km2 1,514/km2 +0.47%
41 Olching Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 27,592 24,751 29.9 km2 922.2/km2 +1.65%
42 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch (district) 27,024 25,581 206 km2 131.4/km2 +0.83%
43 Lauf an der Pegnitz Nürnberger Land 26,571 25,629 59.8 km2 444.6/km2 +0.54%
44 Kulmbach Kulmbach (district) 26,002 26,678 92.8 km2 280.3/km2 –0.39%
45 Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Pfaffenhofen (district) 25,781 23,603 92.6 km2 278.3/km2 +1.34%
46 Zirndorf Fürth (district) 25,307 24,752 28.8 km2 879.0/km2 +0.33%
47
Lindau (Bodensee)
Lindau (district) 25,253 24,491 33.1 km2 763.9/km2 +0.46%
48 Roth Roth (district) 25,220 24,348 96.3 km2 261.8/km2 +0.53%
49 Geretsried Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen 24,892 23,042 24.6 km2 1,012/km2 +1.17%
50 Unterhaching Munich (district) 24,864 22,298 10.4 km2 2,398/km2 +1.65%
51 Waldkraiburg Mühldorf (district) 23,435 21,435 21.6 km2 1,087/km2 +1.35%
52 Starnberg Starnberg (district) 23,339 22,165 61.9 km2 377.3/km2 +0.78%
53 Vaterstetten Ebersberg (district) 23,229 21,069 34.1 km2 681.6/km2 +1.48%
54 Herzogenaurach Erlangen-Höchstadt 23,098 22,214 47.6 km2 485.0/km2 +0.59%
55 Gersthofen Augsburg (district) 22,430 20,743 34.0 km2 659.5/km2 +1.18%
56 Weilheim in Oberbayern Weilheim-Schongau 22,355 21,149 55.5 km2 402.8/km2 +0.84%
57 Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen (district) 22,245 20,993 69.9 km2 318.1/km2 +0.88%
58 Senden Neu-Ulm (district) 22,133 21,560 25.2 km2 877.9/km2 +0.40%
59 Neusäß Augsburg (district) 22,038 21,052 25.2 km2 873.8/km2 +0.69%
60 Sonthofen Oberallgäu 21,522 21,105 46.5 km2 462.3/km2 +0.29%
61 Ottobrunn Munich (district) 21,503 20,082 5.2 km2 4,111/km2 +1.03%
62 Puchheim Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 21,396 19,613 12.2 km2 1,748/km2 +1.32%
63 Kitzingen Kitzingen (district) 21,346 20,237 47.0 km2 454.3/km2 +0.81%
64 Aichach Aichach-Friedberg 21,169 20,247 92.8 km2 228.0/km2 +0.67%
65 Karlsfeld Dachau (district) 21,141 18,117 15.6 km2 1,354/km2 +2.35%
66 Haar Munich (district) 21,000 19,231 12.9 km2 1,628/km2 +1.33%
67 Traunreut Traunstein (district) 20,934 19,941 45.1 km2 464.6/km2 +0.73%
68 Gauting Starnberg (district) 20,556 19,294 55.5 km2 370.4/km2 +0.96%
69 Günzburg Günzburg (district) 20,355 19,436 55.4 km2 367.4/km2 +0.70%
70 Nördlingen Donau-Ries 20,236 19,051 68.1 km2 297.2/km2 +0.91%
71 Traunstein Traunstein (district) 20,172 18,635 48.6 km2 415.3/km2 +1.20%
72 Lichtenfels Lichtenfels (district) 20,158 20,204 122 km2 165.0/km2 –0.03%
73
Mühldorf am Inn
Mühldorf am Inn (district)
20,123 16,807 29.4 km2 684.0/km2 +2.75%
74 Neufahrn bei Freising Freising (district) 20,096 18,392 45.5 km2 441.3/km2 +1.34%

External links

References

  1. ^ "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.