This is a list of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
The following table lists all towns in Germany that currently have a population greater than 100,000. The federal capital is shown in yellow, state capitals (except Schwerin, which does not meet the list criterion) in light blue.
Rank | Name | Pop. 1990 | Pop. 2000 | Pop. 2005 | Area (km²) | Pop. per km² | Growth in % | State (Bundesland) |
Year size criterion met |
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1 |
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3,433,695 | 3,382,169 | 3,395,189 | 891.82 | 3,807 | 0.06 | ![]() Berlin |
1740 |
2 |
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1,652,363 | 1,715,392 | 1,743,627 | 755.24 | 2,309 | 0.27 |
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1787 |
3 |
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1,229,026 | 1,210,223 | 1,259,677 | 310.46 | 4,057 | 0.68 |
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1854 |
4 |
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953,551 | 962,884 | 983,347 | 405.15 | 2,427 | 0.35 |
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1855 |
5 |
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644,865 | 646,550 | 651,899 | 248.31 | 2,625 | 0.14 |
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1875 |
6 |
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579,988 | 583,874 | 592,569 | 207.36 | 2,858 | 0.25 |
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1874 |
7 |
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599,055 | 588,994 | 588,168 | 280.37 | 2,098 | -0.02 |
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1895 |
8 |
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626,973 | 595,243 | 585,430 | 210.38 | 2,783 | -0.27 |
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1896 |
9 |
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575,794 | 569,364 | 574,514 | 217.01 | 2,647 | 0.15 |
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1882 |
10 |
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551,219 | 539,403 | 546,852 | 326.55 | 1,675 | 0.23 |
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1875 |
11 |
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513,010 | 515,001 | 515,729 | 204.01 | 2,377 | 0.02 |
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1873 |
12 |
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511,079 | 493,208 | 502,651 | 297.60 | 1,689 | 0.32 |
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1871 |
13 |
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535,447 | 514,915 | 501,564 | 232.81 | 2,154 | -0.43 |
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1904 |
14 |
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493,692 | 488,400 | 499,237 | 186.37 | 2,679 | 0.37 |
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1881 |
15 |
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490,571 | 477,807 | 495,181 | 328.30 | 1,508 | 0.61 |
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1852 |
16 |
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396,486 | 391,147 | 385,626 | 145.43 | 2,652 | -0.24 |
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1904 |
17 |
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383,660 | 366,434 | 359,237 | 168.37 | 2,134 | -0.33 |
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1929 |
18 |
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319,037 | 321,758 | 326,925 | 257.83 | 1,268 | 0.27 |
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1929 |
19 |
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313,905 | 302,247 | 312,818 | 141.22 | 2,215 | 0.58 |
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1934 |
20 |
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310,411 | 306,729 | 307,900 | 144.96 | 2,124 | 0.08 |
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1897 |
21 |
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275,061 | 278,558 | 285,263 | 173.46 | 1,645 | 0.40 |
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1901 |
22 |
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260,301 | 270,109 | 274,611 | 203.90 | 1,347 | 0.28 |
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1905 |
23 |
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259,438 | 265,609 | 270,868 | 302.91 | 894 | 0.33 |
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1915 |
24 |
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293,714 | 278,695 | 268,102 | 104.86 | 2,557 | -0.63 |
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1903 |
25 |
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256,877 | 254,982 | 262,676 | 146.78 | 1,790 | 0.50 |
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1907 |
26 |
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259,436 | 263,014 | 261,444 | 170.44 | 1,534 | -0.10 |
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1922 |
27 |
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241,861 | 244,386 | 258,208 | 160.83 | 1,605 | 0.94 |
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1889 |
28 |
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294,244 | 259,246 | 246,587 | 220.85 | 1,117 | -0.81 |
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1883 |
29 |
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258,833 | 245,816 | 245,273 | 192.09 | 1,277 | -0.04 |
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1890 |
30 |
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244,020 | 239,916 | 237,701 | 137.75 | 1,726 | -0.18 |
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1887 |
31 |
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310,234 | 247,736 | 237,198 | 135.01 | 1,757 | -0.71 |
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1890 |
32 |
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245,567 | 232,612 | 234,433 | 118.40 | 1,980 | 0.13 |
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1898 |
33 |
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278,807 | 231,450 | 229,126 | 200.94 | 1,140 | -0.20 |
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1882 |
34 |
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223,840 | 222,151 | 218,898 | 77.04 | 2,841 | -0.24 |
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1915 |
35 |
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191,029 | 205,102 | 215,966 | 153.06 | 1,411 | 0.88 |
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1934 |
36 |
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214,758 | 213,399 | 211,825 | 214.13 | 989 | -0.12 |
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1911 |
37 |
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208,989 | 200,564 | 202,844 | 269.11 | 754 | 0.19 |
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1906 |
38 |
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248,088 | 200,506 | 199,288 | 181.07 | 1,101 | -0.12 |
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1935 |
39 |
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214,449 | 203,151 | 196,934 | 160.36 | 1,228 | -0.51 |
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1928 |
40 |
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194,268 | 194,766 | 194,427 | 106.79 | 1,820 | -0.03 |
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1899 |
41 |
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179,486 | 182,870 | 194,372 | 97.75 | 1,988 | 1.05 |
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1902 |
42 |
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179,639 | 182,427 | 184,239 | 226.24 | 814 | 0.17 |
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1975 |
43 |
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191,694 | 183,257 | 178,914 | 167.07 | 1,071 | -0.39 |
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1909 |
44 |
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178,132 | 174,529 | 170,992 | 51.41 | 3,326 | -0.34 |
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1933 |
45 |
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177,681 | 172,862 | 169,917 | 91.29 | 1,861 | -0.28 |
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1908 |
46 |
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163,168 | 164,101 | 163,814 | 119.80 | 1,367 | -0.03 |
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1940 |
47 |
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165,401 | 164,973 | 163,581 | 89.47 | 1,832 | -0.14 |
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1929 |
48 |
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162,233 | 163,383 | 163,343 | 77.67 | 2,103 | 0.00 |
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1921 |
49 |
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160,919 | 161,047 | 161,227 | 78.85 | 2,045 | 0.02 |
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1963 |
50 |
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143,131 | 154,832 | 158,565 | 102.96 | 1,540 | 0.40 |
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1946 |
51 |
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147,019 | 150,013 | 151,610 | 99.48 | 1,524 | 0.18 |
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1963 |
52 |
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139,794 | 129,324 | 147,583 | 187.27 | 788 | 0.82 |
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1939 |
53 |
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120,680 | 139,084 | 143,769 | 179.38 | 801 | 0.56 |
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1975 |
54 |
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136,796 | 140,259 | 142,993 | 108.83 | 1,314 | 0.32 |
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1946 |
55 |
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138,920 | 138,242 | 140,562 | 122.23 | 1,150 | 0.28 |
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1937 |
56 |
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127,777 | 127,966 | 133,906 | 87.55 | 1,529 | 0.77 |
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1932 |
57 |
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121,691 | 125,676 | 129,859 | 80.76 | 1,608 | 0.55 |
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1940 |
58 |
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121,831 | 124,132 | 121,884 | 117.26 | 1,039 | -0.30 |
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1964 |
59 |
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125,060 | 124,785 | 121,827 | 66.42 | 1,834 | -0.40 |
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1949 |
60 |
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115,843 | 119,305 | 121,613 | 99.88 | 1,218 | 0.32 |
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1970 |
61 |
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105,489 | 115,722 | 121,314 | 133.35 | 910 | 0.81 |
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1989 |
62 |
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128,510 | 121,805 | 121,199 | 204.01 | 594 | -0.08 |
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1972 |
63 |
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110,529 | 117,233 | 120,625 | 118.69 | 1,016 | 0.48 |
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1980 |
64 |
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114,992 | 117,535 | 119,430 | 44.90 | 2,660 | 0.27 |
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1954 |
65 |
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118,936 | 120,611 | 119,356 | 100.61 | 1,186 | -0.17 |
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1953 |
66 |
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112,944 | 117,156 | 119,021 | 98.03 | 1,214 | 0.27 |
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1975 |
67 |
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130,446 | 120,822 | 116,615 | 77.68 | 1,501 | -0.58 |
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1939 |
68 |
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123,155 | 119,287 | 115,864 | 74.60 | 1,553 | -0.48 |
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1929 |
69 |
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103,362 | 110,477 | 113,422 | 63.35 | 1,790 | 0.44 |
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1950 |
70 |
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103,687 | 110,650 | 112,252 | 87.06 | 1,289 | 0.24 |
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1988 |
71 |
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114,355 | 112,302 | 107,726 | 223.91 | 481 | -0.68 |
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1942 |
72 |
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104,595 | 107,062 | 107,547 | 67.75 | 1,587 | 0.08 |
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1987 |
73 |
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108,733 | 107,950 | 106,501 | 105.02 | 1,014 | -0.22 |
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1962 |
74 |
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109,174 | 108,476 | 106,293 | 114.67 | 927 | -0.34 |
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1975 |
75 |
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104,037 | 105,693 | 105,761 | 83.12 | 1,272 | 0.01 |
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1975 |
76 |
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125,891 | 108,491 | 105,309 | 164.28 | 641 | -1.22 |
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1976 |
77 |
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129,037 | 112,835 | 103,948 | 151.93 | 684 | -1.31 |
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1959 |
78 |
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97,835 | 99,410 | 103,518* | 117.14 | 884 | 0.59 |
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1969 |
79 |
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102,440 | 100,778 | 103,197 | 76.85 | 1,343 | 0.40 |
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1974 |
80 |
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105,291 | 103,909 | 102,575 | 92.57 | 1,108 | -0.21 |
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1974 |
81 |
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102,518 | 99,893 | 102,532 | 114.48 | 896 | 0.44 |
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1975 |
82 |
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105403 | 103,196 | 100,793 | 72.37 | 1,393 | -0.39 |
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1975 |
* 2006 Population
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 2006-12-20 .