List of cities in Lower Saxony by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Lower Saxony with a population of more than 25,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 63 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

Hanover

Braunschweig

Oldenburg

Osnabrück

Wolfsburg

Göttingen

Salzgitter

Hildesheim

Wilhelmshaven

The following table lists the 63 cities and communes in Lower 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	Hanover	Hanover (region)	535,061	506,416	204 km^2	2,619/km^2
2	Braunschweig	urban district	248,023	242,537	193 km^2	1,287/km^2
3	Oldenburg	urban district	167,081	157,267	103 km^2	1,621/km^2
4	Osnabrück	urban district	164,374	153,699	120 km^2	1,372/km^2
5	Wolfsburg	urban district	123,914	119,984	205 km^2	605.6/km^2
6	Göttingen	Göttingen (district)	119,529	115,843	117 km^2	1,022/km^2
7	Salzgitter	urban district	104,548	98,895	224 km^2	465.7/km^2
8	Hildesheim	Hildesheim (district)	101,744	99,554	92.3 km^2	1,102/km^2
9	Delmenhorst	urban district	77,521	73,322	62.5 km^2	1,241/km^2
10	Wilhelmshaven	urban district	76,316	77,451	107 km^2	712.8/km^2
11	Lüneburg	Lüneburg (district)	75,192	69,905	70.5 km^2	1,067/km^2
12	Celle	Celle (district)	69,706	69,001	176 km^2	396.0/km^2
13	Garbsen	Hanover (region)	60,875	59,499	79.5 km^2	765.8/km^2
14	Hamelin	Hameln-Pyrmont	57,228	56,756	103 km^2	558.2/km^2
15	Lingen (Ems)	Emsland	54,117	51,821	176 km^2	307.2/km^2
16	Langenhagen	Hanover (region)	53,790	50,821	72.0 km^2	747.4/km^2
17	Nordhorn	County of Bentheim (district)	53,278	52,029	150 km^2	355.5/km^2
18	Wolfenbüttel	Wolfenbüttel (district)	52,357	51,756	78.7 km^2	664.9/km^2
19	Goslar	Goslar (district)	51,128	51,261	164 km^2	312.0/km^2
20	Emden	urban district	50,607	49,787	112 km^2	450.5/km^2
21	Peine	Peine (district)	49,901	48,582	120 km^2	416.4/km^2
22	Cuxhaven	Cuxhaven (district)	48,470	49,093	162 km^2	299.3/km^2
23	Stade	Stade (district)	47,330	45,141	110 km^2	430.0/km^2
24	Melle	Osnabrück (district)	46,451	45,855	254 km^2	182.9/km^2
25	Neustadt am Rübenberge	Hanover (region)	43,964	43,542	359 km^2	122.5/km^2
26	Lehrte	Hanover (region)	43,932	42,655	128 km^2	344.1/km^2
27	Gifhorn	Gifhorn (district)	42,239	41,152	105 km^2	400.8/km^2
28	Aurich	Aurich (district)	41,854	40,699	197 km^2	212.1/km^2
29	Wunstorf	Hanover (region)	41,532	40,633	126 km^2	330.3/km^2
30	Laatzen	Hanover (region)	41,449	38,877	34.2 km^2	1,213/km^2
31	Seevetal	Harburg (district)	41,260	39,838	105 km^2	391.8/km^2
32	Buxtehude	Stade (district)	39,782	39,552	76.7 km^2	518.7/km^2
33	Buchholz in der Nordheide	Harburg (district)	39,042	36,656	74.8 km^2	522.2/km^2
34	Papenburg	Emsland	37,030	35,060	118 km^2	312.6/km^2
35	Meppen	Emsland	35,267	33,997	188 km^2	187.2/km^2
36	Winsen (Luhe)	Harburg (district)	34,635	32,494	110 km^2	315.5/km^2
37	Cloppenburg	Cloppenburg (district)	34,581	32,932	70.9 km^2	488.0/km^2
38	Leer (Ostfriesland)	Leer (district)	34,226	34,017	70.1 km^2	488.2/km^2
39	Seelze	Hanover (region)	34,036	31,827	54.1 km^2	629.4/km^2
40	Barsinghausen	Hanover (region)	33,989	33,053	103 km^2	330.6/km^2
41	Uelzen	Uelzen (district)	33,673	33,606	137 km^2	246.1/km^2
42	Stuhr	Diepholz (district)	33,526	32,382	81.8 km^2	409.7/km^2
43	Vechta	Vechta (district)	32,201	30,319	87.9 km^2	366.4/km^2
44	Achim	Verden (district)	31,834	29,531	68.1 km^2	467.7/km^2
45	Georgsmarienhütte	Osnabrück (district)	31,624	31,959	55.5 km^2	570.3/km^2
46	Nienburg (Weser)	Nienburg (district)	31,602	30,875	64.5 km^2	489.7/km^2
47	Ganderkesee	Oldenburg (district)	31,100	30,373	138 km^2	224.6/km^2
48	Bramsche	Osnabrück (district)	30,992	30,158	183 km^2	169.0/km^2
49	Einbeck	Northeim (district)	30,925	32,226	232 km^2	133.3/km^2
50	Geestland	Cuxhaven (district)	30,873	30,683	357 km^2	86.5/km^2
51	Weyhe	Diepholz (district)	30,627	29,918	60.4 km^2	507.4/km^2
52	Burgdorf	Hanover (region)	30,482	28,845	113 km^2	270.8/km^2
53	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	Osterholz	30,329	30,298	147 km^2	206.1/km^2
54	Wedemark	Hanover (region)	29,599	28,223	174 km^2	169.8/km^2
55	Northeim	Northeim (district)	29,040	29,327	146 km^2	199.1/km^2
56	Springe	Hanover (region)	28,918	28,575	160 km^2	180.6/km^2
57	Bad Zwischenahn	Ammerland	28,507	27,437	130 km^2	219.1/km^2
58	Verden an der Aller	Verden (district)	27,747	26,664	71.7 km^2	387.0/km^2
59	Lohne	Vechta (district)	26,509	24,819	91.1 km^2	291.0/km^2
60	Nordenham	Wesermarsch	26,230	26,491	87.8 km^2	298.8/km^2
61	Helmstedt	Helmstedt (district)	25,803	25,941	66.7 km^2	386.6/km^2
62	Rinteln	Schaumburg	25,596	25,791	109 km^2	234.8/km^2
63	Norden	Aurich (district)	25,056	25,102	106 km^2	235.7/km^2

External links

• Cities in Lower Saxony 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.