List of cities in Hesse by population

The following list sorts all cities in the German state of Hesse with a population of more than 20,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 59 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

Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main

Wiesbaden

Kassel

Darmstadt

Marburg

Fulda

Limburg an der Lahn

The following table lists the 59 cities in Hesse 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]

2017 Rank	City	district	2017 estimate	2011 Census	2017 land area	2017 pop. density
1	Frankfurt am Main	urban district	746,878	667,925	248 km²	3,008/km²
2	Wiesbaden	urban district	278,654	269,121	204 km²	1,366/km²
3	Kassel	urban district	200,736	190,765	107 km²	1,880/km²
4	Darmstadt	urban district	158,254	143,499	122 km²	1,296/km²
5	Offenbach am Main	urban district	126,658	113,443	44.9 km²	2,822/km²
6	Hanau	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	96,130	86,803	76.5 km²	1,257/km²
7	Giessen	Giessen (district)	87,343	74,776	72.5 km²	1,204/km²
8	Marburg	Marburg-Biedenkopf	76,226	71,683	124 km²	615.1/km²
9	Fulda	Fulda (district)	67,973	64,414	104 km²	653.3/km²
10	Rüsselsheim am Main	Groß-Gerau (district)	64,922	58,765	58.3 km²	1,114/km²
11	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe	Hochtaunuskreis	53,884	51,370	51.2 km²	1,053/km²
12	Wetzlar	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	52,828	50,826	75.7 km²	698.1/km²
13	Oberursel (Taunus)	Hochtaunuskreis	46,069	44,088	45.4 km²	1,015/km²
14	Rodgau	Offenbach (district)	44,725	42,919	65.0 km²	687.7/km²
15	Dreieich	Offenbach (district)	41,548	39,389	53.3 km²	779.5/km²
16	Bensheim	Bergstraße	40,326	39,253	57.8 km²	697.3/km²
17	Hofheim am Taunus	Main-Taunus-Kreis	39,692	37,842	57.4 km²	691.7/km²
18	Maintal	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	38,930	35,805	32.4 km²	1,202/km²
19	Langen	Offenbach (district)	37,527	34,939	29.1 km²	1,289/km²
20	Neu-Isenburg	Offenbach (district)	37,512	34,708	24.3 km²	1,543/km²
21	Limburg an der Lahn	Limburg-Weilburg	34,989	33,583	45.1 km²	775.0/km²
22	Mörfelden-Walldorf	Groß-Gerau (district)	34,315	32,380	44.1 km²	777.2/km²
23	Dietzenbach	Offenbach (district)	34,055	31,845	21.7 km²	1,572/km²
24	Viernheim	Bergstraße	33,989	32,615	48.4 km²	702.3/km²
25	Bad Vilbel	Wetteraukreis	33,745	31,280	25.7 km²	1,314/km²
26	Lampertheim	Bergstraße	32,609	31,037	72.3 km²	451.1/km²
27	Bad Nauheim	Wetteraukreis	32,102	30,210	32.5 km²	986.5/km²
28	Bad Hersfeld	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	29,767	28,610	73.8 km²	403.2/km²
29	Taunusstein	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	29,746	28,365	67.0 km²	443.8/km²
30	Friedberg	Wetteraukreis	28,962	27,337	50.2 km²	577.3/km²
31	Kelkheim (Taunus)	Main-Taunus-Kreis	28,829	27,685	30.6 km²	940.6/km²
32	Mühlheim am Main	Offenbach (district)	28,318	26,847	20.7 km²	1,370/km²
33	Rödermark	Offenbach (district)	27,840	26,262	30.0 km²	928.3/km²
34	Baunatal	Kassel	27,704	27,378	38.3 km²	724.1/km²
35	Hattersheim am Main	Main-Taunus-Kreis	27,479	24,773	15.8 km²	1,738/km²
36	Griesheim	Darmstadt-Dieburg	27,258	25,511	21.6 km²	1,265/km²
37	Butzbach	Wetteraukreis	26,016	23,885	107 km²	244.1/km²
38	Weiterstadt	Darmstadt-Dieburg	25,843	23,675	34.4 km²	751.3/km²
39	Heppenheim	Bergstraße	25,755	24,895	52.1 km²	494.0/km²
40	Friedrichsdorf	Hochtaunuskreis	25,268	24,323	30.2 km²	837.8/km²
41	Pfungstadt	Darmstadt-Dieburg	25,020	23,829	42.5 km²	588.3/km²
42	Groß-Gerau	Groß-Gerau (district)	24,839	23,739	54.5 km²	455.9/km²
43	Idstein	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	24,811	23,271	79.7 km²	311.3/km²
44	Obertshausen	Offenbach (district)	24,722	23,785	13.6 km²	1,815/km²
45	Korbach	Waldeck-Frankenberg	23,631	23,505	124 km²	190.6/km²
46	Riedstadt	Groß-Gerau (district)	23,591	21,557	73.7 km²	320.0/km²
47	Dillenburg	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	23,471	23,874	83.9 km²	279.8/km²
48	Gelnhausen	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	22,873	21,801	45.2 km²	506.2/km²
49	Bad Soden am Taunus	Bad Soden am Taunus	22,563	21,061	12.6 km²	1,798/km²
50	Karben	Wetteraukreis	22,049	21,149	43.9 km²	501.8/km²
51	Büdingen	Wetteraukreis	22,043	20,871	123 km²	179.4/km²
52	Eschborn	Main-Taunus-Kreis	21,419	20,364	12.1 km²	1,766/km²
53	Stadtallendorf	Marburg-Biedenkopf	21,348	20,722	78.3 km²	272.7/km²
54	Flörsheim am Main	Main-Taunus-Kreis	21,260	19,924	22.9 km²	926.4/km²
55	Seligenstadt	Offenbach (district)	21,250	20,048	30.9 km²	688.8/km²
56	Groß-Umstadt	Darmstadt-Dieburg	21,104	20,699	86.8 km²	243.0/km²
57	Herborn	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	20,688	20,632	63.8 km²	324.3/km²
58	Bruchköbel	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	20,390	20,227	29.7 km²	686.8/km²
59	Nidderau	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	20,120	19,853	46.7 km²	430.6/km²

External links

• Cities in Hesse by population

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.