The following list sorts all cities and municipalities in the German state of Bavaria with a population of more than 20,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 74 places 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

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.
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