Municipalities of Germany

The "pyramid" of German administrative subdivisions

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Municipalities (Gemeinde) are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke (singular: Regierungsbezirk), where municipalities then become the fifth level.

Overview

With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the most populated one is the city of Berlin; and the least populated is Wiedenborstel (8 inhabitants in 2010), in Schleswig-Holstein

Municipalities per federal state

List updated at August 1, 2009.

Federal state	Municipalities	M. with city status	Average nr. of inhabitants[1]	Average surface (km²)[2]	List (Cities, Towns, Municipalities)
Baden-Württemberg	1,101	312	9,764	32.41	C, T, M
Bavaria	2,056	315	6,090	33.03	C, T, M
Berlin	1	1	3,416,255	891.02	Berlin
Brandenburg	419	112	6,052	70.36	C, T, M
Bremen	2	2	331,541	202.14	Bremen, Bremerhaven
Hamburg	1	1	1,770,629	755.16	Hamburg
Hesse	426	189	14,255	48.80	C, T, M
Lower Saxony	1,022	164	7,800	45.25	C, T, M
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	818	84	2,053	28.34	C, T, M
North Rhine-Westphalia	396	268	45,446	86.08	C, T, M
Rhineland-Palatinate	2,306	123	1,754	8.61	C, T, M
Saarland	52	17	19,935	49.40	C, T, M
Saxony	491	178	8,595	37.51	C, T, M
Saxony-Anhalt	851	118	2,835	24.03	C, T, M
Schleswig-Holstein	1,116	63	2,542	14.07	C, T, M
Thuringia	955	126	2,397	16.93	C, T, M
Germany	12,013	2,073	6,844	29.35	C, T, M

References

1. ^ Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (as of December 31, 2007)
2. ^ Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (as of December 31, 2006), for the computation less the municipality-free areas

See also

• List of municipalities in Germany

External links

Media related to Municipalities of Germany at Wikimedia Commons