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List of cities in Saxony by population

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The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Saxony with a population of more than 15,000. As of May 15, 2022, 42 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List

Leipzig
Dresden
Chemnitz
Zwickau
Plauen
Görlitz
Freiberg
Bautzen

The following table lists the 42 cities and communes in Saxony with a population of at least 25,000 on May 15, 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

  1. The city rank by population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German Census.
  2. The city name
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)
  4. The city population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German Census
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census
  6. The city land area as of May 15, 2022
  7. The city population density as of May 15, 2022 (residents per unit of land area)
2022
Rank
City district 2022 Census 2011 Census 2022 land area 2022 pop. density
1 Leipzig urban district 598,899 502,979 298 km 2,011/km
2 Dresden urban district 557,782 512,354 328 km 1,698/km
3 Chemnitz urban district 240,078 240,253 221 km 1,086/km
4 Zwickau Zwickau 87,020 93,081 103 km 848.3/km
5 Plauen Vogtlandkreis 64,674 64,468 102 km 633.4/km
6 Görlitz Görlitz 54,664 54,441 67.5 km 809.5/km
7 Freiberg Mittelsachsen 40,103 39,825 48.3 km 830.1/km
8 Pirna Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 39,411 37,451 53.1 km 742.8/km
9 Freital Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 39,355 38,388 40.5 km 972.7/km
8 Bautzen Bautzen 38,084 40,273 66.7 km 571.2/km
11 Radebeul Meissen 33,497 33,201 26.1 km 1,281/km
12 Hoyerswerda Bautzen 31,064 36,107 95.5 km 327.0/km
13 Riesa Meissen 29,434 32,539 58.9 km 499.6/km
14 Meissen Meissen 28,487 27,055 30.9 km 921.3/km
15 Grimma Leipzig 27,639 29,271 218 km 126.7/km
16 Delitzsch Delitzsch 25,816 25,361 85.9 km 300.5/km
17 Zittau Görlitz 25,585 26,777 66.8 km 383.3/km
18 Markkleeberg Leipzig 25,581 23,672 31.4 km 812.6/km
19 Limbach-Oberfrohna Zwickau 23,708 24,721 50.2 km 472.2/km
20 Döbeln Döbeln 23,488 24,485 91.7 km 256.0/km
21 Glauchau Zwickau 21,821 23,578 51.6 km 422.7/km
22 Werdau Zwickau 20,668 21,712 65.6 km 315.0/km
23 Coswig Meissen 20,369 20,689 25.9 km 787.1/km
24 Torgau Torgau-Oschatz 20,096 20,700 103 km 195.4/km
25 Reichenbach im Vogtland Vogtlandkreis 20,001 22,399 34.5 km 580.2/km
26 Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgskreis 19,278 22,038 36.4 km 529.2/km
27 Schkeuditz Nordsachsen 19,003 16,922 81.5 km 233.3/km
28 Borna Leipzig 18,998 19,784 62.4 km 304.2/km
29 Annaberg-Buchholz Erzgebirgskreis 18,942 21,105 28.1 km 672.9/km
30 Radeberg Bautzen 18,724 18,039 29.8 km 627.7/km
31 Crimmitschau Zwickau 18,718 20,078 61.1 km 306.1/km
32 Großenhain Meissen 18,300 18,797 130 km 140.4/km
33 Auerbach (Vogtland) Vogtlandkreis 17,732 19,604 55.5 km 319.4/km
34 Kamenz Bautzen 17,282 17,808 98.3 km 175.8/km
35 Heidenau Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 16,753 15,953 11.1 km 1,513/km
36 Marienberg Erzgebirgskreis 16,439 18,033 134 km 123.1/km
37 Markranstädt Leipzig 16,182 14,763 58.5 km 276.8/km
38 Eilenburg Nordsachsen 16,155 15,794 46.8 km 344.9/km
39 Taucha Nordsachsen 15,978 14,128 33.2 km 481.0/km
40 Schwarzenberg Erzgebirgskreis 15,917 18,109 46.3 km 343.7/km
41 Wurzen Leipzig 15,902 16,928 69.0 km 230.5/km
42 Weißwasser Görlitz 15,348 18,175 63.4 km 242.0/km

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. ^ "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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