- Dresden (region)
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Dresden Map of Saxony highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Dresden Country Germany State Saxony Region seat Dresden Area - Total 7,931 km2 (3,062.2 sq mi) Population (31 December 2010)[1] - Total 1,626,870 - Density 205.1/km2 (531.3/sq mi) Website www.rp-dresden.de
The Regierungsbezirk Dresden before August 2008
Dresden is one of the three Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincides with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.
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History
The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk Dresden.
Administrative divisions
Kreise
(districts)Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)See also
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf.
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Categories:- Government regions of Germany
- Geography of Saxony
- NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
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