List of cities in Thuringia by population

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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.

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Erfurt Church complex in Erfurt.jpg
Erfurt
Jena Zentrum Jenas im Tal 2008-05-24.JPG
Jena
Gera Blick vom Rathausturm uber Gera.jpg
Gera
Weimar Weimar - Blick zu Herderkirche & Stadtschloss.jpg
Weimar
Gotha Panorama Gotha 02.jpg
Gotha
Eisenach Eisenach von Gopelskuppel.jpg
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		Citydistrict2017 estimate2011 Census2017 land area2017 pop. density
1 Erfurt urban district212,988200,868270 km²789.1/km²
2 Jena urban district111,099105,739115 km²968.1/km²
3 Gera urban district94,85996,067152 km²623.3/km²
4 Weimar urban district64,42662,76484.5 km²762.6/km²
5 Gotha Gotha (district) 45,58944,32269.6 km²655.2/km²
6 Eisenach urban district42,71041,753104 km²410.0/km²
7 Nordhausen Nordhausen (district) 42,01442,473106 km²397.8/km²
8 Suhl urban district35,16636,960103 km²341.3/km²
9 Mühlhausen/Thüringen Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 33,12733,47386.7 km²381.9/km²
10 Altenburg Altenburger Land 32,37434,09045.7 km²708.6/km²
11 Ilmenau Ilm-Kreis 25,97525,97562.7 km²414.1/km²
12 Saalfeld/Saale Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 24,78925,53248.7 km²508.7/km²
13 Arnstadt Ilm-Kreis 24,40923,78755.1 km²443.2/km²
14 Sonneberg Sonneberg (district) 23,75621,97084.7 km²280.5/km²
15 Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 22,56023,06755.4 km²407.1/km²
16 Apolda Weimarer Land 22,16322,07946.3 km²479.0/km²
17 Sondershausen Kyffhäuserkreis 21,76822,541201 km²108.2/km²
18 Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen 21,12620,88959.5 km²355.3/km²
19 Greiz Greiz (district) 20,51722,17576.4 km²268.4/km²
20 Schmalkalden Schmalkalden-Meiningen 19,26519,51598.3 km²196.0/km²
21 Sömmerda Sömmerda (district) 18,85619,37881.1 km²232.5/km²
22 Leinefelde-Worbis Eichsfeld (district) 18,45718,69596.9 km²190.5/km²
23 Bad Langensalza Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 17,30517,837124 km²139.9/km²
24 Heilbad Heiligenstadt Eichsfeld (district) 16,97616,32462.3 km²272.7/km²
25 Zeulenroda-Triebes Greiz (district) 16,59417,685135 km²122.8/km²
26 Bad Salzungen Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 15,49715,68039.0 km²397.0/km²
27 Waltershausen Gotha (district) 13,02413,26860.6 km²214.8/km²
28 Pößneck Saale-Orla-Kreis 11,98112,44524.4 km²490.4/km²
29 Hildburghausen Hildburghausen (district) 11,76111,77572.9 km²161.3/km²
30 Schmölln Altenburger Land 11,04011,70541.6 km²265.3/km²
31 Eisenberg Saale-Holzland-Kreis 10,84210,61924.7 km²439.5/km²
32 Zella-Mehlis Schmalkalden-Meiningen 10,53211,13928.1 km²375.2/km²
33 Meuselwitz Altenburger Land 10,11810,96453.7 km²188.6/km²

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References

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  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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