List of cities in Thuringia by population

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

urban agglomerations
.

List

Erfurt
Jena
Gera
Weimar
Gotha
Eisenach

The following table lists the 33 cities and communes in Thuringia with a population of at least 10,000 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]
2017
Rank 		City district 2017 estimate 2011 Census 2017 land area 2017 pop. density
1 Erfurt urban district 212,988 200,868 270 km2 789.1/km2
2 Jena urban district 111,099 105,739 115 km2 968.1/km2
3 Gera urban district 94,859 96,067 152 km2 623.3/km2
4 Weimar urban district 64,426 62,764 84.5 km2 762.6/km2
5 Gotha Gotha (district) 45,589 44,322 69.6 km2 655.2/km2
6 Eisenach urban district 42,710 41,753 104 km2 410.0/km2
7 Nordhausen Nordhausen (district) 42,014 42,473 106 km2 397.8/km2
8 Suhl urban district 35,166 36,960 103 km2 341.3/km2
9
Mühlhausen/Thüringen
 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 33,127 33,473 86.7 km2 381.9/km2
10 Altenburg Altenburger Land 32,374 34,090 45.7 km2 708.6/km2
11 Ilmenau Ilm-Kreis 25,975 25,975 62.7 km2 414.1/km2
12
Saalfeld/Saale
 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 24,789 25,532 48.7 km2 508.7/km2
13 Arnstadt Ilm-Kreis 24,409 23,787 55.1 km2 443.2/km2
14 Sonneberg Sonneberg (district) 23,756 21,970 84.7 km2 280.5/km2
15 Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 22,560 23,067 55.4 km2 407.1/km2
16 Apolda Weimarer Land 22,163 22,079 46.3 km2 479.0/km2
17 Sondershausen Kyffhäuserkreis 21,768 22,541 201 km2 108.2/km2
18 Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen 21,126 20,889 59.5 km2 355.3/km2
19 Greiz Greiz (district) 20,517 22,175 76.4 km2 268.4/km2
20 Schmalkalden Schmalkalden-Meiningen 19,265 19,515 98.3 km2 196.0/km2
21 Sömmerda Sömmerda (district) 18,856 19,378 81.1 km2 232.5/km2
22 Leinefelde-Worbis Eichsfeld (district) 18,457 18,695 96.9 km2 190.5/km2
23 Bad Langensalza Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 17,305 17,837 124 km2 139.9/km2
24 Heilbad Heiligenstadt Eichsfeld (district) 16,976 16,324 62.3 km2 272.7/km2
25 Zeulenroda-Triebes Greiz (district) 16,594 17,685 135 km2 122.8/km2
26 Bad Salzungen Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 15,497 15,680 39.0 km2 397.0/km2
27 Waltershausen Gotha (district) 13,024 13,268 60.6 km2 214.8/km2
28 Pößneck Saale-Orla-Kreis 11,981 12,445 24.4 km2 490.4/km2
29 Hildburghausen Hildburghausen (district) 11,761 11,775 72.9 km2 161.3/km2
30 Schmölln Altenburger Land 11,040 11,705 41.6 km2 265.3/km2
31 Eisenberg Saale-Holzland-Kreis 10,842 10,619 24.7 km2 439.5/km2
32 Zella-Mehlis Schmalkalden-Meiningen 10,532 11,139 28.1 km2 375.2/km2
33 Meuselwitz Altenburger Land 10,118 10,964 53.7 km2 188.6/km2

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.
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