List of cities in Saxony by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Saxony with a population of more than 25,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 41 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

Leipzig

Dresden

Chemnitz

Zwickau

Plauen

Görlitz

Freiberg

Bautzen

The following table lists the 41 cities and communes in 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	Leipzig	urban district	581,980	502,979	298 km²	1,954/km²
2	Dresden	urban district	551,072	512,354	328 km²	1,678/km²
3	Chemnitz	urban district	246,855	240,253	221 km²	1,117/km²
4	Zwickau	Zwickau (district)	90,192	93,081	103 km²	879.2/km²
5	Plauen	Vogtlandkreis	65,148	64,468	102 km²	638.0/km²
6	Görlitz	Görlitz (district)	56,391	54,441	67.5 km²	835.2/km²
7	Freiberg	Mittelsachsen	41,496	39,825	48.3 km²	858.8/km²
8	Bautzen	Bautzen (district)	39,429	40,273	66.7 km²	591.2/km²
9	Freital	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	39,300	38,388	40.5 km²	971.6/km²
10	Pirna	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	38,276	37,451	53.1 km²	721.4/km²
11	Radebeul	Meissen (district)	33,954	33,201	26.1 km²	1,299/km²
12	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen (district)	33,116	36,107	95.5 km²	346.7/km²
13	Riesa	Meissen (district)	30,392	32,539	58.9 km²	515.9/km²
14	Grimma	Leipzig (district)	28,153	29,271	218 km²	129.0/km²
15	Meissen	Meissen (district)	28,061	27,055	30.9 km²	907.5/km²
16	Zittau	Görlitz (district)	25,575	26,777	66.8 km²	383.1/km²
17	Delitzsch	Delitzsch (district)	24,794	25,361	85.9 km²	288.6/km²
18	Markkleeberg	Leipzig (district)	24,644	23,672	31.4 km²	783.8/km²
19	Limbach-Oberfrohna	Zwickau (district)	24,066	24,721	50.2 km²	479.3/km²
20	Döbeln	Döbeln (district)	23,728	24,485	91.7 km²	258.6/km²
21	Glauchau	Zwickau (district)	22,718	23,578	51.6 km²	440.1/km²
22	Coswig	Meissen (district)	20,899	20,689	25.9 km²	807.5/km²
23	Reichenbach im Vogtland	Vogtlandkreis	20,882	22,399	34.5 km²	606.0/km²
24	Werdau	Zwickau (district)	20,795	21,712	65.6 km²	316.9/km²
25	Torgau	Torgau-Oschatz	20,088	20,700	103 km²	195.4/km²
26	Annaberg-Buchholz	Erzgebirgskreis	20,000	21,105	28.1 km²	710.5/km²
27	Borna	Leipzig (district)	19,263	19,784	62.4 km²	308.5/km²
28	Crimmitschau	Zwickau (district)	18,746	20,078	61.1 km²	306.6/km²
29	Auerbach (Vogtland)	Vogtlandkreis	18,562	19,604	55.5 km²	334.3/km²
30	Radeberg	Bautzen (district)	18,451	18,039	29.8 km²	618.5/km²
31	Großenhain	Meissen (district)	18,230	18,797	130 km²	139.8/km²
32	Schkeuditz	Nordsachsen	17,905	16,922	81.5 km²	219.8/km²
33	Marienberg	Erzgebirgskreis	17,140	18,033	134 km²	128.4/km²
34	Schwarzenberg	Erzgebirgskreis	16,912	18,109	46.3 km²	365.2/km²
35	Heidenau	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	16,598	15,953	11.1 km²	1,499/km²
36	Weißwasser	Görlitz (district)	16,348	18,175	63.4 km²	257.8/km²
37	Wurzen	Leipzig (district)	16,220	16,928	69.0 km²	234.9/km²
38	Aue	Erzgebirgskreis	16,012	16,981	20.9 km²	765.4/km²
39	Eilenburg	Nordsachsen	15,607	15,794	46.8 km²	333.2/km²
40	Markranstädt	Leipzig (district)	15,551	14,763	58.5 km²	266.0/km²
41	Taucha	Nordsachsen	15,543	14,128	33.2 km²	467.7/km²

External links

• Cities in 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.