List of cities in Thuringia by population explained

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

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

External links

• Cities in Thuringia 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.