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 15,000. ^[1] As of May 15, 2022, 42 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

Plauen

Görlitz

Freiberg

Bautzen

The following table lists the 42 cities and communes in Saxony with a population of at least 25,000 on May 15, 2022, 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 May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German Census. ^[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 May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German Census ^[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 May 15, 2022 ^[2]
7. The city population density as of May 15, 2022 (residents per unit of land area) ^[2]

2022 Rank	City	district	2022 Census	2011 Census	2022 land area	2022 pop. density
1	Leipzig	urban district	598,899	502,979	298 km2	2,011/km2
2	Dresden	urban district	557,782	512,354	328 km2	1,698/km2
3	Chemnitz	urban district	240,078	240,253	221 km2	1,086/km2
4	Zwickau	Zwickau	87,020	93,081	103 km2	848.3/km2
5	Plauen	Vogtlandkreis	64,674	64,468	102 km2	633.4/km2
6	Görlitz	Görlitz	54,664	54,441	67.5 km2	809.5/km2
7	Freiberg	Mittelsachsen	40,103	39,825	48.3 km2	830.1/km2
8	Pirna	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	39,411	37,451	53.1 km2	742.8/km2
9	Freital	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	39,355	38,388	40.5 km2	972.7/km2
10	Bautzen	Bautzen	38,084	40,273	66.7 km2	571.2/km2
11	Radebeul	Meissen	33,497	33,201	26.1 km2	1,281/km2
12	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen	31,064	36,107	95.5 km2	327.0/km2
13	Riesa	Meissen	29,434	32,539	58.9 km2	499.6/km2
14	Meissen	Meissen	28,487	27,055	30.9 km2	921.3/km2
15	Grimma	Leipzig	27,639	29,271	218 km2	126.7/km2
16	Delitzsch	Delitzsch	25,816	25,361	85.9 km2	300.5/km2
17	Zittau	Görlitz	25,585	26,777	66.8 km2	383.3/km2
18	Markkleeberg	Leipzig	25,581	23,672	31.4 km2	812.6/km2
19	Limbach-Oberfrohna	Zwickau	23,708	24,721	50.2 km2	472.2/km2
20	Döbeln	Döbeln	23,488	24,485	91.7 km2	256.0/km2
21	Glauchau	Zwickau	21,821	23,578	51.6 km2	422.7/km2
22	Werdau	Zwickau	20,668	21,712	65.6 km2	315.0/km2
23	Coswig	Meissen	20,369	20,689	25.9 km2	787.1/km2
24	Torgau	Torgau-Oschatz	20,096	20,700	103 km2	195.4/km2
25	Reichenbach im Vogtland	Vogtlandkreis	20,001	22,399	34.5 km2	580.2/km2
26	Aue-Bad Schlema	Erzgebirgskreis	19,278	22,038	36.4 km2	529.2/km2
27	Schkeuditz	Nordsachsen	19,003	16,922	81.5 km2	233.3/km2
28	Borna	Leipzig	18,998	19,784	62.4 km2	304.2/km2
29	Annaberg-Buchholz	Erzgebirgskreis	18,942	21,105	28.1 km2	672.9/km2
30	Radeberg	Bautzen	18,724	18,039	29.8 km2	627.7/km2
31	Crimmitschau	Zwickau	18,718	20,078	61.1 km2	306.1/km2
32	Großenhain	Meissen	18,300	18,797	130 km2	140.4/km2
33	Auerbach (Vogtland)	Vogtlandkreis	17,732	19,604	55.5 km2	319.4/km2
34	Kamenz	Bautzen	17,282	17,808	98.3 km2	175.8/km2
35	Heidenau	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	16,753	15,953	11.1 km2	1,513/km2
36	Marienberg	Erzgebirgskreis	16,439	18,033	134 km2	123.1/km2
37	Markranstädt	Leipzig	16,182	14,763	58.5 km2	276.8/km2
38	Eilenburg	Nordsachsen	16,155	15,794	46.8 km2	344.9/km2
39	Taucha	Nordsachsen	15,978	14,128	33.2 km2	481.0/km2
40	Schwarzenberg	Erzgebirgskreis	15,917	18,109	46.3 km2	343.7/km2
41	Wurzen	Leipzig	15,902	16,928	69.0 km2	230.5/km2
42	Weißwasser	Görlitz	15,348	18,175	63.4 km2	242.0/km2

External links

• Cities in Saxony 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.