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The following list sorts all cities in the German state of Hesse with a population of more than 20,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 59 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

Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
Wiesbaden
Kassel
Darmstadt
Marburg
Fulda
Limburg an der Lahn

The following table lists the 59 cities in Hesse with a population of at least 20,000 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 		City district 2017 estimate 2011 Census 2017 land area 2017 pop. density
1 Frankfurt am Main urban district 746,878 667,925 248 km² 3,008/km²
2 Wiesbaden urban district 278,654 269,121 204 km² 1,366/km²
3 Kassel urban district 200,736 190,765 107 km² 1,880/km²
4 Darmstadt urban district 158,254 143,499 122 km² 1,296/km²
5 Offenbach am Main urban district 126,658 113,443 44.9 km² 2,822/km²
6 Hanau Main-Kinzig-Kreis 96,130 86,803 76.5 km² 1,257/km²
7 Giessen Giessen (district) 87,343 74,776 72.5 km² 1,204/km²
8 Marburg Marburg-Biedenkopf 76,226 71,683 124 km² 615.1/km²
9 Fulda Fulda (district) 67,973 64,414 104 km² 653.3/km²
10 Rüsselsheim am Main Groß-Gerau (district) 64,922 58,765 58.3 km² 1,114/km²
11 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Hochtaunuskreis 53,884 51,370 51.2 km² 1,053/km²
12 Wetzlar Lahn-Dill-Kreis 52,828 50,826 75.7 km² 698.1/km²
13 Oberursel (Taunus) Hochtaunuskreis 46,069 44,088 45.4 km² 1,015/km²
14 Rodgau Offenbach (district) 44,725 42,919 65.0 km² 687.7/km²
15 Dreieich Offenbach (district) 41,548 39,389 53.3 km² 779.5/km²
16 Bensheim Bergstraße 40,326 39,253 57.8 km² 697.3/km²
17 Hofheim am Taunus Main-Taunus-Kreis 39,692 37,842 57.4 km² 691.7/km²
18 Maintal Main-Kinzig-Kreis 38,930 35,805 32.4 km² 1,202/km²
19 Langen Offenbach (district) 37,527 34,939 29.1 km² 1,289/km²
20 Neu-Isenburg Offenbach (district) 37,512 34,708 24.3 km² 1,543/km²
21 Limburg an der Lahn Limburg-Weilburg 34,989 33,583 45.1 km² 775.0/km²
22 Mörfelden-Walldorf Groß-Gerau (district) 34,315 32,380 44.1 km² 777.2/km²
23 Dietzenbach Offenbach (district) 34,055 31,845 21.7 km² 1,572/km²
24 Viernheim Bergstraße 33,989 32,615 48.4 km² 702.3/km²
25 Bad Vilbel Wetteraukreis 33,745 31,280 25.7 km² 1,314/km²
26 Lampertheim Bergstraße 32,609 31,037 72.3 km² 451.1/km²
27 Bad Nauheim Wetteraukreis 32,102 30,210 32.5 km² 986.5/km²
28 Bad Hersfeld Hersfeld-Rotenburg 29,767 28,610 73.8 km² 403.2/km²
29 Taunusstein Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 29,746 28,365 67.0 km² 443.8/km²
30 Friedberg Wetteraukreis 28,962 27,337 50.2 km² 577.3/km²
31 Kelkheim (Taunus) Main-Taunus-Kreis 28,829 27,685 30.6 km² 940.6/km²
32 Mühlheim am Main Offenbach (district) 28,318 26,847 20.7 km² 1,370/km²
33 Rödermark Offenbach (district) 27,840 26,262 30.0 km² 928.3/km²
34 Baunatal Kassel 27,704 27,378 38.3 km² 724.1/km²
35 Hattersheim am Main Main-Taunus-Kreis 27,479 24,773 15.8 km² 1,738/km²
36 Griesheim Darmstadt-Dieburg 27,258 25,511 21.6 km² 1,265/km²
37 Butzbach Wetteraukreis 26,016 23,885 107 km² 244.1/km²
38 Weiterstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 25,843 23,675 34.4 km² 751.3/km²
39 Heppenheim Bergstraße 25,755 24,895 52.1 km² 494.0/km²
40 Friedrichsdorf Hochtaunuskreis 25,268 24,323 30.2 km² 837.8/km²
41 Pfungstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 25,020 23,829 42.5 km² 588.3/km²
42 Groß-Gerau Groß-Gerau (district) 24,839 23,739 54.5 km² 455.9/km²
43 Idstein Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis 24,811 23,271 79.7 km² 311.3/km²
44 Obertshausen Offenbach (district) 24,722 23,785 13.6 km² 1,815/km²
45 Korbach Waldeck-Frankenberg 23,631 23,505 124 km² 190.6/km²
46 Riedstadt Groß-Gerau (district) 23,591 21,557 73.7 km² 320.0/km²
47 Dillenburg Lahn-Dill-Kreis 23,471 23,874 83.9 km² 279.8/km²
48 Gelnhausen Main-Kinzig-Kreis 22,873 21,801 45.2 km² 506.2/km²
49 Bad Soden am Taunus Bad Soden am Taunus 22,563 21,061 12.6 km² 1,798/km²
50 Karben Wetteraukreis 22,049 21,149 43.9 km² 501.8/km²
51 Büdingen Wetteraukreis 22,043 20,871 123 km² 179.4/km²
52 Eschborn Main-Taunus-Kreis 21,419 20,364 12.1 km² 1,766/km²
53 Stadtallendorf Marburg-Biedenkopf 21,348 20,722 78.3 km² 272.7/km²
54 Flörsheim am Main Main-Taunus-Kreis 21,260 19,924 22.9 km² 926.4/km²
55 Seligenstadt Offenbach (district) 21,250 20,048 30.9 km² 688.8/km²
56 Groß-Umstadt Darmstadt-Dieburg 21,104 20,699 86.8 km² 243.0/km²
57 Herborn Lahn-Dill-Kreis 20,688 20,632 63.8 km² 324.3/km²
58 Bruchköbel Main-Kinzig-Kreis 20,390 20,227 29.7 km² 686.8/km²
59 Nidderau Main-Kinzig-Kreis 20,120 19,853 46.7 km² 430.6/km²

References

  1. ^ "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "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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