The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Thuringia with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 33 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

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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