List of cities in Rhineland-Palatinate by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 45 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

Mainz
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Koblenz
Trier
Kaiserslautern
Worms
Neuwied

The following table lists the 45 cities or communes in Rhineland-Palatinate 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
1Mainzurban district215,110200,34497.7 km22,201/km2
2Ludwigshafen am Rheinurban district168,497157,58477.4 km22,176/km2
3Koblenzurban district113,844107,825105 km21,082/km2
4Trierurban district110,013105,671117 km2939.8/km2
5Kaiserslauternurban district99,68496,340140 km2713.6/km2
6Wormsurban district83,08179,207109 km2764.1/km2
7NeuwiedNeuwied (district)64,66164,14486.5 km2747.5/km2
8Neustadt an der Weinstraßeurban district53,35352,164117 km2455.7/km2
9Speyerurban district50,93149,54042.7 km21,192/km2
10Bad KreuznachBad Kreuznach (district)50,48443,24455.6 km2908.6/km2
11Frankenthal (Pfalz)urban district48,41746,41543.9 km21,103/km2
12Landau in der Pfalzurban district46,29243,36182.9 km2558.1/km2
13Pirmasensurban district40,63240,88761.4 km2662.2/km2
14Zweibrückenurban district34,27034,20070.6 km2485.1/km2
15AndernachMayen-Koblenz29,86029,15153.3 km2559.8/km2
16Idar-ObersteinBirkenfeld (district)28,32330,37991.6 km2308.2/km2
17Bad Neuenahr-AhrweilerAhrweiler (district)28,04829,07363.4 km2442.4/km2
18Bingen am RheinMainz-Bingen25,44123,81237.7 km2674.6/km2
19Ingelheim am RheinMainz-Bingen24,83323,95949.9 km2498.1/km2
20GermersheimGermersheim (district)20,69119,80321.7 km2954.4/km2
21SchifferstadtRhein-Pfalz-Kreis20,07318,76428.1 km2715.4/km2
22MayenMayen-Koblenz19,11618,60758.2 km2328.5/km2
23WittlichBernkastel-Wittlich18,90618,23749.6 km2380.9/km2
24Bad DürkheimBad Dürkheim (district)18,46918,219103 km2180.1/km2
25AlzeyAlzey-Worms18,33317,53135.2 km2520.5/km2
26KonzTrier-Saarburg18,29817,56144.6 km2410.6/km2
27Wörth am RheinGermersheim (district)17,96817,289132 km2136.5/km2
28LahnsteinRhein-Lahn-Kreis17,93917,72637.6 km2476.8/km2
29SinzigAhrweiler (district)17,54017,07341.1 km2426.8/km2
30BendorfMayen-Koblenz16,86316,58924.1 km2699.1/km2
31RemagenAhrweiler (district)16,72515,83533.2 km2503.6/km2
32BoppardRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis15,28315,41374.9 km2204.1/km2
33BitburgBitburg-Prüm14,80213,29547.5 km2311.3/km2
34GrünstadtBad Dürkheim (district)13,50512,84918.1 km2746.5/km2
35MontabaurWesterwaldkreis13,29112,50333.8 km2393.6/km2
36MutterstadtRhein-Pfalz-Kreis12,84612,39220.5 km2627.6/km2
37LimburgerhofRhein-Pfalz-Kreis11,55610,7769.0 km21,284/km2
38Mülheim-KärlichMayen-Koblenz11,16410,69116.4 km2679.9/km2
39DiezRhein-Lahn-Kreis11,01610,86212.4 km2887.7/km2
40Grafschaft, RhinelandAhrweiler (district)10,91410,79857.6 km2189.5/km2
41Herxheim bei Landau/PfalzSüdliche Weinstraße10,51410,31129.1 km2360.9/km2
42MorbachBernkastel-Wittlich10,48110,532122 km285.7/km2
43Böhl-IggelheimRhein-Pfalz-Kreis10,26210,17332.8 km2312.6/km2
44Bobenheim-RoxheimRhein-Pfalz-Kreis10,1909,83220.5 km2496.8/km
45BetzdorfAltenkirchen (Westerwald)10,13910,0589.6 km21,061/km2

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