The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Thuringia with a population of more than 10,000. 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
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. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.
- The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German
- The city name
- The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)
- The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
- The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census
- The city land area as of December 31, 2017
- The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)
2017 Rank |
City | district | 2017 estimate | 2011 Census | 2017 land area | 2017 pop. density |
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1 | Erfurt | urban district | 212,988 | 200,868 | 270 km | 789.1/km |
2 | Jena | urban district | 111,099 | 105,739 | 115 km | 968.1/km |
3 | Gera | urban district | 94,859 | 96,067 | 152 km | 623.3/km |
4 | Weimar | urban district | 64,426 | 62,764 | 84.5 km | 762.6/km |
5 | Gotha | Gotha (district) | 45,589 | 44,322 | 69.6 km | 655.2/km |
6 | Eisenach | urban district | 42,710 | 41,753 | 104 km | 410.0/km |
7 | Nordhausen | Nordhausen (district) | 42,014 | 42,473 | 106 km | 397.8/km |
8 | Suhl | urban district | 35,166 | 36,960 | 103 km | 341.3/km |
9 | Mühlhausen/Thüringen | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | 33,127 | 33,473 | 86.7 km | 381.9/km |
10 | Altenburg | Altenburger Land | 32,374 | 34,090 | 45.7 km | 708.6/km |
11 | Ilmenau | Ilm-Kreis | 25,975 | 25,975 | 62.7 km | 414.1/km |
12 | Saalfeld/Saale | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | 24,789 | 25,532 | 48.7 km | 508.7/km |
13 | Arnstadt | Ilm-Kreis | 24,409 | 23,787 | 55.1 km | 443.2/km |
14 | Sonneberg | Sonneberg (district) | 23,756 | 21,970 | 84.7 km | 280.5/km |
15 | Rudolstadt | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | 22,560 | 23,067 | 55.4 km | 407.1/km |
16 | Apolda | Weimarer Land | 22,163 | 22,079 | 46.3 km | 479.0/km |
17 | Sondershausen | Kyffhäuserkreis | 21,768 | 22,541 | 201 km | 108.2/km |
18 | Meiningen | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | 21,126 | 20,889 | 59.5 km | 355.3/km |
19 | Greiz | Greiz (district) | 20,517 | 22,175 | 76.4 km | 268.4/km |
20 | Schmalkalden | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | 19,265 | 19,515 | 98.3 km | 196.0/km |
21 | Sömmerda | Sömmerda (district) | 18,856 | 19,378 | 81.1 km | 232.5/km |
22 | Leinefelde-Worbis | Eichsfeld (district) | 18,457 | 18,695 | 96.9 km | 190.5/km |
23 | Bad Langensalza | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | 17,305 | 17,837 | 124 km | 139.9/km |
24 | Heilbad Heiligenstadt | Eichsfeld (district) | 16,976 | 16,324 | 62.3 km | 272.7/km |
25 | Zeulenroda-Triebes | Greiz (district) | 16,594 | 17,685 | 135 km | 122.8/km |
26 | Bad Salzungen | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | 15,497 | 15,680 | 39.0 km | 397.0/km |
27 | Waltershausen | Gotha (district) | 13,024 | 13,268 | 60.6 km | 214.8/km |
28 | Pößneck | Saale-Orla-Kreis | 11,981 | 12,445 | 24.4 km | 490.4/km |
29 | Hildburghausen | Hildburghausen (district) | 11,761 | 11,775 | 72.9 km | 161.3/km |
30 | Schmölln | Altenburger Land | 11,040 | 11,705 | 41.6 km | 265.3/km |
31 | Eisenberg | Saale-Holzland-Kreis | 10,842 | 10,619 | 24.7 km | 439.5/km |
32 | Zella-Mehlis | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | 10,532 | 11,139 | 28.1 km | 375.2/km |
33 | Meuselwitz | Altenburger Land | 10,118 | 10,964 | 53.7 km | 188.6/km |
External links
References
- "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
- ^ "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
- "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.
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