List of cities in Rhineland-Palatinate by population

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The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of more than 10,000. [1] As of December 31, 2017, 45 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.

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Mainz Mainz - Luftaufnahme.jpg
Mainz
Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafenmitte ausderluft.jpg
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Koblenz Koblenz hdr Panorama.jpg
Koblenz
Trier Trier-Blick-vom Weishaus.JPG
Trier
Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern 19.JPG
Kaiserslautern
Worms Worms 01.jpg
Worms
Neuwied Fernblick.JPG
Neuwied

The following table lists the 45 cities or communes in Rhineland-Palatinate 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		Citydistrict2017 estimate2011 Census2017 land area2017 pop. density
1 Mainz urban district215,110200,34497.7 km²2,201/km²
2 Ludwigshafen am Rhein urban district168,497157,58477.4 km²2,176/km²
3 Koblenz urban district113,844107,825105 km²1,082/km²
4 Trier urban district110,013105,671117 km²939.8/km²
5 Kaiserslautern urban district99,68496,340140 km²713.6/km²
6 Worms urban district83,08179,207109 km²764.1/km²
7 Neuwied Neuwied (district) 64,66164,14486.5 km²747.5/km²
8 Neustadt an der Weinstraße urban district53,35352,164117 km²455.7/km²
9 Speyer urban district50,93149,54042.7 km²1,192/km²
10 Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach (district) 50,48443,24455.6 km²908.6/km²
11 Frankenthal (Pfalz) urban district48,41746,41543.9 km²1,103/km²
12 Landau in der Pfalz urban district46,29243,36182.9 km²558.1/km²
13 Pirmasens urban district40,63240,88761.4 km²662.2/km²
14 Zweibrücken urban district34,27034,20070.6 km²485.1/km²
15 Andernach Mayen-Koblenz 29,86029,15153.3 km²559.8/km²
16 Idar-Oberstein Birkenfeld (district) 28,32330,37991.6 km²308.2/km²
17 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Ahrweiler (district) 28,04829,07363.4 km²442.4/km²
18 Bingen am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 25,44123,81237.7 km²674.6/km²
19 Ingelheim am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 24,83323,95949.9 km²498.1/km²
20 Germersheim Germersheim (district) 20,69119,80321.7 km²954.4/km²
21 Schifferstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 20,07318,76428.1 km²715.4/km²
22 Mayen Mayen-Koblenz 19,11618,60758.2 km²328.5/km²
23 Wittlich Bernkastel-Wittlich 18,90618,23749.6 km²380.9/km²
24 Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim (district) 18,46918,219103 km²180.1/km²
25 Alzey Alzey-Worms 18,33317,53135.2 km²520.5/km²
26 Konz Trier-Saarburg 18,29817,56144.6 km²410.6/km²
27 Wörth am Rhein Germersheim (district) 17,96817,289132 km²136.5/km²
28 Lahnstein Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 17,93917,72637.6 km²476.8/km²
29 Sinzig Ahrweiler (district) 17,54017,07341.1 km²426.8/km²
30 Bendorf Mayen-Koblenz 16,86316,58924.1 km²699.1/km²
31 Remagen Ahrweiler (district) 16,72515,83533.2 km²503.6/km²
32 Boppard Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis 15,28315,41374.9 km²204.1/km²
33 Bitburg Bitburg-Prüm 14,80213,29547.5 km²311.3/km²
34 Grünstadt Bad Dürkheim (district) 13,50512,84918.1 km²746.5/km²
35 Montabaur Westerwaldkreis 13,29112,50333.8 km²393.6/km²
36 Mutterstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 12,84612,39220.5 km²627.6/km²
37 Limburgerhof Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 11,55610,7769.0 km²1,284/km²
38 Mülheim-Kärlich Mayen-Koblenz 11,16410,69116.4 km²679.9/km²
39 Diez Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 11,01610,86212.4 km²887.7/km²
40 Grafschaft, Rhineland Ahrweiler (district) 10,91410,79857.6 km²189.5/km²
41 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz Südliche Weinstraße 10,51410,31129.1 km²360.9/km²
42 Morbach Bernkastel-Wittlich 10,48110,532122 km²85.7/km²
43 Böhl-Iggelheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,26210,17332.8 km²312.6/km²
44 Bobenheim-Roxheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,1909,83220.5 km²496.8/km
45 Betzdorf Altenkirchen (Westerwald) 10,13910,0589.6 km²1,061/km²

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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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