List of cities in Brandenburg by population explained

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Brandenburg with a population of more than 15,000.^[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

The following table lists the 41 cities and communes in Brandenburg with a population of at least 15,000 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. The city name
3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)
4. The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
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
7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)

2017 land area! data-sort-type="number"

2017 pop. density
1	Potsdam	urban district	175,710	156,021	188 km^2	933.3/km^2
2	Cottbus	urban district	101,036	99,984	166 km^2	610.0/km^2
3	Brandenburg an der Havel	urban district	71,886	71,569	230 km^2	312.9/km^2
4	Frankfurt (Oder)	urban district	58,237	59,140	148 km^2	393.9/km^2
5	Oranienburg	Oberhavel	43,982	41,269	164 km^2	268.7/km^2
6	Falkensee	Havelland (district)	43,552	40,228	43.3 km^2	1,007/km^2
7	Eberswalde	Barnim	40,223	39,166	93.6 km^2	429.5/km^2
8	Bernau bei Berlin	Barnim	38,194	35,631	104 km^2	366.7/km^2
9	Königs Wusterhausen	Dahme-Spreewald	36,706	33,706	96.0 km^2	382.2/km^2
10	Fürstenwalde	Oder-Spree	32,098	30,913	70.7 km^2	454.1/km^2
11	Neuruppin	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	30,889	30,328	305 km^2	101.2/km^2
12	Schwedt	Uckermark (district)	30,075	31,785	206 km^2	146.3/km^2
13	Blankenfelde-Mahlow	Teltow-Fläming	27,378	25,503	55.2 km^2	496.2/km^2
14	Strausberg	Märkisch-Oderland	26,522	25,591	68.0 km^2	390.3/km^2
15	Hennigsdorf	Oberhavel	26,369	25,520	31.5 km^2	837.9/km^2
16	Hohen Neuendorf	Oberhavel	26,001	24,459	48.6 km^2	535.4/km^2
17	Teltow	Potsdam-Mittelmark	25,761	22,356	21.6 km^2	1,193/km^2
18	Werder (Havel)	Potsdam-Mittelmark	25,695	23,196	117 km^2	219.5/km^2
19	Ludwigsfelde	Teltow-Fläming	25,665	23,661	110 km^2	233.4/km^2
20	Eisenhüttenstadt	Oder-Spree	25,057	28,219	63.5 km^2	394.8/km^2
21	Senftenberg	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	24,558	25,582	128 km^2	192.5/km^2
22	Rathenow	Havelland (district)	24,309	24,462	113 km^2	214.9/km^2
23	Wandlitz	Barnim	22,585	20,615	163 km^2	138.7/km^2
24	Spremberg	Spree-Neiße	22,456	23,615	202 km^2	111.0/km^2
25	Luckenwalde	Teltow-Fläming	20,674	20,242	46.6 km^2	443.6/km^2
26	Kleinmachnow	Potsdam-Mittelmark	20,608	19,874	11.9 km^2	1,730/km^2
27	Panketal	Barnim	20,390	18,886	25.9 km^2	788.8/km^2
28	Prenzlau	Uckermark (district)	19,110	19,296	143 km^2	133.7/km^2
29	Zossen	Teltow-Fläming	18,915	17,267	180 km^2	104.9/km^2
30	Forst (Lausitz)	Spree-Neiße	18,353	19,757	111 km^2	165.8/km^2
31	Neuenhagen bei Berlin	Märkisch-Oderland	17,986	16,751	19.6 km^2	917.2/km^2
32	Hoppegarten	Märkisch-Oderland	17,966	16,628	32.0 km^2	561.8/km^2
33	Nauen	Havelland (district)	17,686	16,385	268 km^2	66.0/km^2
34	Wittenberge	Prignitz	17,201	17,792	50.6 km^2	339.7/km^2
35	Guben	Spree-Neiße	17,174	18,620	44.0 km^2	390.4/km^2
36	Finsterwalde	Elbe-Elster	16,409	16,970	77.2 km^2	212.5/km^2
37	Lübbenau	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	16,090	16,489	139 km^2	115.4/km^2
38	Templin	Uckermark (district)	15,974	16,237	379 km^2	42.1/km^2
39	Rüdersdorf bei Berlin	Märkisch-Oderland	15,569	14,922	70.4 km^2	221.2/km^2
40	Stahnsdorf	Potsdam-Mittelmark	15,270	14,031	49.5 km^2	308.7/km^2
41	Petershagen-Eggersdorf	Märkisch-Oderland	15,049	13,890	17.6 km^2	853.6/km^2

External links

• Cities in Brandenburg by population

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen. Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. German. Feb 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001104056/http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/Raumbeobachtung/Raumabgrenzungen/StadtGemeindetyp/StadtGemeindetyp_node.html. October 1, 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). www.destatis.de.
3. Web site: Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte. April 10, 2014. Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Wiesbaden. German. XLS.