The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Saxony with a population of more than 25,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 41 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 41 cities and communes in Saxony with a population of at least 25,000 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 Leipzig urban district 581,980 502,979 298 km2 1,954/km2
2 Dresden urban district 551,072 512,354 328 km2 1,678/km2
3 Chemnitz urban district 246,855 240,253 221 km2 1,117/km2
4 Zwickau Zwickau (district) 90,192 93,081 103 km2 879.2/km2
5 Plauen Vogtlandkreis 65,148 64,468 102 km2 638.0/km2
6 Görlitz Görlitz (district) 56,391 54,441 67.5 km2 835.2/km2
7 Freiberg Mittelsachsen 41,496 39,825 48.3 km2 858.8/km2
8 Bautzen Bautzen (district) 39,429 40,273 66.7 km2 591.2/km2
9 Freital Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 39,300 38,388 40.5 km2 971.6/km2
10 Pirna Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 38,276 37,451 53.1 km2 721.4/km2
11 Radebeul Meissen (district) 33,954 33,201 26.1 km2 1,299/km2
12 Hoyerswerda Bautzen (district) 33,116 36,107 95.5 km2 346.7/km2
13 Riesa Meissen (district) 30,392 32,539 58.9 km2 515.9/km2
14 Grimma Leipzig (district) 28,153 29,271 218 km2 129.0/km2
15 Meissen Meissen (district) 28,061 27,055 30.9 km2 907.5/km2
16 Zittau Görlitz (district) 25,575 26,777 66.8 km2 383.1/km2
17 Delitzsch Delitzsch (district) 24,794 25,361 85.9 km2 288.6/km2
18 Markkleeberg Leipzig (district) 24,644 23,672 31.4 km2 783.8/km2
19 Limbach-Oberfrohna Zwickau (district) 24,066 24,721 50.2 km2 479.3/km2
20 Döbeln Döbeln (district) 23,728 24,485 91.7 km2 258.6/km2
21 Glauchau Zwickau (district) 22,718 23,578 51.6 km2 440.1/km2
22 Coswig Meissen (district) 20,899 20,689 25.9 km2 807.5/km2
23 Reichenbach im Vogtland Vogtlandkreis 20,882 22,399 34.5 km2 606.0/km2
24 Werdau Zwickau (district) 20,795 21,712 65.6 km2 316.9/km2
25 Torgau Torgau-Oschatz 20,088 20,700 103 km2 195.4/km2
26 Annaberg-Buchholz Erzgebirgskreis 20,000 21,105 28.1 km2 710.5/km2
27 Borna Leipzig (district) 19,263 19,784 62.4 km2 308.5/km2
28 Crimmitschau Zwickau (district) 18,746 20,078 61.1 km2 306.6/km2
29 Auerbach (Vogtland) Vogtlandkreis 18,562 19,604 55.5 km2 334.3/km2
30 Radeberg Bautzen (district) 18,451 18,039 29.8 km2 618.5/km2
31 Großenhain Meissen (district) 18,230 18,797 130 km2 139.8/km2
32 Schkeuditz Nordsachsen 17,905 16,922 81.5 km2 219.8/km2
33 Marienberg Erzgebirgskreis 17,140 18,033 134 km2 128.4/km2
34 Schwarzenberg Erzgebirgskreis 16,912 18,109 46.3 km2 365.2/km2
35 Heidenau Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 16,598 15,953 11.1 km2 1,499/km2
36 Weißwasser Görlitz (district) 16,348 18,175 63.4 km2 257.8/km2
37 Wurzen Leipzig (district) 16,220 16,928 69.0 km2 234.9/km2
38 Aue Erzgebirgskreis 16,012 16,981 20.9 km2 765.4/km2
39 Eilenburg Nordsachsen 15,607 15,794 46.8 km2 333.2/km2
40 Markranstädt Leipzig (district) 15,551 14,763 58.5 km2 266.0/km2
41 Taucha Nordsachsen 15,543 14,128 33.2 km2 467.7/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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