- Dresden (region)
-
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 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.
Contents
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.
External links
Categories:- Government regions of Germany
- Geography of Saxony
- NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.