List of cities in Rhineland-Palatinate by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 45 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

Mainz

Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Koblenz

Trier

Kaiserslautern

Worms

Neuwied

The following table lists the 45 cities or communes in Rhineland-Palatinate 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	Mainz	urban district	215,110	200,344	97.7 km²	2,201/km²
2	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	urban district	168,497	157,584	77.4 km²	2,176/km²
3	Koblenz	urban district	113,844	107,825	105 km²	1,082/km²
4	Trier	urban district	110,013	105,671	117 km²	939.8/km²
5	Kaiserslautern	urban district	99,684	96,340	140 km²	713.6/km²
6	Worms	urban district	83,081	79,207	109 km²	764.1/km²
7	Neuwied	Neuwied (district)	64,661	64,144	86.5 km²	747.5/km²
8	Neustadt an der Weinstraße	urban district	53,353	52,164	117 km²	455.7/km²
9	Speyer	urban district	50,931	49,540	42.7 km²	1,192/km²
10	Bad Kreuznach	Bad Kreuznach (district)	50,484	43,244	55.6 km²	908.6/km²
11	Frankenthal (Pfalz)	urban district	48,417	46,415	43.9 km²	1,103/km²
12	Landau in der Pfalz	urban district	46,292	43,361	82.9 km²	558.1/km²
13	Pirmasens	urban district	40,632	40,887	61.4 km²	662.2/km²
14	Zweibrücken	urban district	34,270	34,200	70.6 km²	485.1/km²
15	Andernach	Mayen-Koblenz	29,860	29,151	53.3 km²	559.8/km²
16	Idar-Oberstein	Birkenfeld (district)	28,323	30,379	91.6 km²	308.2/km²
17	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	Ahrweiler (district)	28,048	29,073	63.4 km²	442.4/km²
18	Bingen am Rhein	Mainz-Bingen	25,441	23,812	37.7 km²	674.6/km²
19	Ingelheim am Rhein	Mainz-Bingen	24,833	23,959	49.9 km²	498.1/km²
20	Germersheim	Germersheim (district)	20,691	19,803	21.7 km²	954.4/km²
21	Schifferstadt	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	20,073	18,764	28.1 km²	715.4/km²
22	Mayen	Mayen-Koblenz	19,116	18,607	58.2 km²	328.5/km²
23	Wittlich	Bernkastel-Wittlich	18,906	18,237	49.6 km²	380.9/km²
24	Bad Dürkheim	Bad Dürkheim (district)	18,469	18,219	103 km²	180.1/km²
25	Alzey	Alzey-Worms	18,333	17,531	35.2 km²	520.5/km²
26	Konz	Trier-Saarburg	18,298	17,561	44.6 km²	410.6/km²
27	Wörth am Rhein	Germersheim (district)	17,968	17,289	132 km²	136.5/km²
28	Lahnstein	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	17,939	17,726	37.6 km²	476.8/km²
29	Sinzig	Ahrweiler (district)	17,540	17,073	41.1 km²	426.8/km²
30	Bendorf	Mayen-Koblenz	16,863	16,589	24.1 km²	699.1/km²
31	Remagen	Ahrweiler (district)	16,725	15,835	33.2 km²	503.6/km²
32	Boppard	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	15,283	15,413	74.9 km²	204.1/km²
33	Bitburg	Bitburg-Prüm	14,802	13,295	47.5 km²	311.3/km²
34	Grünstadt	Bad Dürkheim (district)	13,505	12,849	18.1 km²	746.5/km²
35	Montabaur	Westerwaldkreis	13,291	12,503	33.8 km²	393.6/km²
36	Mutterstadt	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	12,846	12,392	20.5 km²	627.6/km²
37	Limburgerhof	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	11,556	10,776	9.0 km²	1,284/km²
38	Mülheim-Kärlich	Mayen-Koblenz	11,164	10,691	16.4 km²	679.9/km²
39	Diez	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	11,016	10,862	12.4 km²	887.7/km²
40	Grafschaft, Rhineland	Ahrweiler (district)	10,914	10,798	57.6 km²	189.5/km²
41	Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz	Südliche Weinstraße	10,514	10,311	29.1 km²	360.9/km²
42	Morbach	Bernkastel-Wittlich	10,481	10,532	122 km²	85.7/km²
43	Böhl-Iggelheim	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	10,262	10,173	32.8 km²	312.6/km²
44	Bobenheim-Roxheim	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	10,190	9,832	20.5 km²	496.8/km
45	Betzdorf	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	10,139	10,058	9.6 km²	1,061/km²

External links

• Cities in Rhineland-Palatinate 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.