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
Bautzen
Görlitz

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

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.
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