List of cities in Thuringia by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Thuringia with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 33 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

Erfurt

Jena

Gera

Weimar

Gotha

Eisenach

The following table lists the 33 cities and communes in Thuringia 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	Erfurt	urban district	212,988	200,868	270 km²	789.1/km²
2	Jena	urban district	111,099	105,739	115 km²	968.1/km²
3	Gera	urban district	94,859	96,067	152 km²	623.3/km²
4	Weimar	urban district	64,426	62,764	84.5 km²	762.6/km²
5	Gotha	Gotha (district)	45,589	44,322	69.6 km²	655.2/km²
6	Eisenach	urban district	42,710	41,753	104 km²	410.0/km²
7	Nordhausen	Nordhausen (district)	42,014	42,473	106 km²	397.8/km²
8	Suhl	urban district	35,166	36,960	103 km²	341.3/km²
9	Mühlhausen/Thüringen	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	33,127	33,473	86.7 km²	381.9/km²
10	Altenburg	Altenburger Land	32,374	34,090	45.7 km²	708.6/km²
11	Ilmenau	Ilm-Kreis	25,975	25,975	62.7 km²	414.1/km²
12	Saalfeld/Saale	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	24,789	25,532	48.7 km²	508.7/km²
13	Arnstadt	Ilm-Kreis	24,409	23,787	55.1 km²	443.2/km²
14	Sonneberg	Sonneberg (district)	23,756	21,970	84.7 km²	280.5/km²
15	Rudolstadt	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	22,560	23,067	55.4 km²	407.1/km²
16	Apolda	Weimarer Land	22,163	22,079	46.3 km²	479.0/km²
17	Sondershausen	Kyffhäuserkreis	21,768	22,541	201 km²	108.2/km²
18	Meiningen	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	21,126	20,889	59.5 km²	355.3/km²
19	Greiz	Greiz (district)	20,517	22,175	76.4 km²	268.4/km²
20	Schmalkalden	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	19,265	19,515	98.3 km²	196.0/km²
21	Sömmerda	Sömmerda (district)	18,856	19,378	81.1 km²	232.5/km²
22	Leinefelde-Worbis	Eichsfeld (district)	18,457	18,695	96.9 km²	190.5/km²
23	Bad Langensalza	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	17,305	17,837	124 km²	139.9/km²
24	Heilbad Heiligenstadt	Eichsfeld (district)	16,976	16,324	62.3 km²	272.7/km²
25	Zeulenroda-Triebes	Greiz (district)	16,594	17,685	135 km²	122.8/km²
26	Bad Salzungen	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	15,497	15,680	39.0 km²	397.0/km²
27	Waltershausen	Gotha (district)	13,024	13,268	60.6 km²	214.8/km²
28	Pößneck	Saale-Orla-Kreis	11,981	12,445	24.4 km²	490.4/km²
29	Hildburghausen	Hildburghausen (district)	11,761	11,775	72.9 km²	161.3/km²
30	Schmölln	Altenburger Land	11,040	11,705	41.6 km²	265.3/km²
31	Eisenberg	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	10,842	10,619	24.7 km²	439.5/km²
32	Zella-Mehlis	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	10,532	11,139	28.1 km²	375.2/km²
33	Meuselwitz	Altenburger Land	10,118	10,964	53.7 km²	188.6/km²

External links

• Cities in Thuringia 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.