Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony (Germany): Federal State, Major Cities & Communes

Federal State

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population C 1987-05-25	Population E 1995-12-31	Population E 2001-12-31	Population E 2005-12-31	Population E 2011-12-31
i	Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony]	NI	FSt	Hannover	47,614	7,162,103	7,780,422	7,956,416	7,993,946	7,913,502	4761400
	Germany	DEU	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,137	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	82,437,995	81,843,743

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population C E 2011-12-31
1	Hannover	525,875
2	Braunschweig	250,556
3	Osnabrück	165,021
4	Oldenburg	162,481
5	Wolfsburg	122,583
6	Göttingen	121,364
7	Hildesheim	102,584
8	Salzgitter	101,750
9	Wilhelmshaven	81,020

Contents: Cities & Communes

	Name	Status	Population C C 1987-05-25	Population C E 1995-12-31	Population C E 2001-12-31	Population C E 2005-12-31	Population C E 2011-12-31	Area
i	Achim	City	28,114	30,050	29,681	30,141	30,258	6801
i	Alfeld (Leine)	City	22,305	22,413	21,778	21,061	19,919	7286
i	Aurich	City	36,033	39,519	40,362	40,594	40,416	19721
i	Bad Bentheim	City	13,697	14,319	14,817	15,522	15,528	10000
i	Bad Essen	Com	12,121	14,876	15,575	15,778	15,592	10330
i	Bad Harzburg	City	23,157	23,599	23,021	22,734	21,813	6542
i	Bad Münder (am Deister) {Bad Munder}	City	18,578	19,274	18,877	18,490	17,327	10769
i	Bad Pyrmont	City	20,443	23,180	22,100	21,492	20,650	6196
i	Bad Zwischenahn	Com	23,299	24,362	25,826	27,101	27,897	12973
i	Barsinghausen	City	32,727	34,643	34,408	34,166	33,512	10268
i	Bassum	City	13,860	15,055	16,132	16,243	15,818	16857
i	Brake (Unterweser)	City	16,276	16,713	16,416	16,191	15,523	3818
i	Bramsche	City	24,147	30,724	31,030	31,006	30,992	18334
i	Braunschweig [Brunswick]	CityCR	252,351	252,544	245,516	245,273	250,556	19216
i	Bremervörde {Bremervorde}	City	17,700	19,004	19,386	19,113	18,556	15018
i	Buchholz (in der Nordheide)	City	29,824	34,042	36,109	37,987	39,088	7464
i	Bückeburg {Buckeburg}	City	19,610	20,953	20,782	20,922	20,407	6884
i	Burgdorf	City	28,073	30,275	30,204	30,074	29,833	11235
i	Burgwedel	Com	17,924	19,166	19,861	20,384	20,456	15196
i	Buxtehude	City	31,004	35,253	37,086	38,335	40,152	7650
i	Celle	City	71,222	73,936	71,949	71,336	69,972	17503
i	Clausthal-Zellerfeld	City	15,823	16,703	15,460	15,075	14,840	3396
i	Cloppenburg	City	22,266	27,795	30,146	31,656	32,640	7063
i	Cuxhaven	City	56,049	55,229	53,168	52,095	50,055	16191
i	Damme	City	13,029	14,998	15,508	16,211	16,416	10438
i	Delmenhorst	CityCR	72,072	78,226	76,284	75,916	74,497	6236
i	Diepholz	City	14,458	16,121	16,378	16,593	16,709	10448
i	Duderstadt	City	22,253	23,393	23,056	22,808	21,609	9562
i	Edewecht	Com	14,398	17,000	19,871	20,797	21,324	11351
i	Einbeck	City	36,901	37,782	36,266	35,183	33,085	23131
i	Emden	CityCR	50,144	51,559	51,185	51,693	51,528	11235
i	Friesoythe	City	16,576	18,907	20,064	20,493	20,736	24710
i	Ganderkesee	Com	26,061	28,895	30,590	30,969	30,927	13826
i	Garbsen	City	58,081	62,681	63,271	63,123	61,652	7931
i	Georgsmarienhütte {Georgsmarienhutte}	City	30,833	32,909	32,905	32,536	32,026	5544
i	Gifhorn	City	34,770	43,526	42,740	42,466	41,555	10486
i	Goslar	City	45,978	46,142	44,123	43,119	40,704	9257
i	Göttingen {Gottingen}	City	114,698	126,253	123,822	121,884	121,364	11689
i	Hameln	City	58,181	58,781	59,052	58,739	57,342	10233
i	Hannover [Hanover]	City	494,864	523,147	516,415	515,729	525,875	20414
i	Haren (Ems)	City	18,422	21,450	22,389	22,720	23,050	20877
i	Helmstedt	City	26,656	26,946	25,888	25,391	23,686	4697
i	Hemmingen	Com	16,007	16,608	18,196	18,647	18,676	3158
i	Herzberg (am Harz)	City	15,960	16,325	15,261	14,697	13,573	7188
i	Hessisch Oldendorf	City	17,527	20,125	19,969	19,771	18,827	12031
i	Hildesheim	City	103,449	106,101	103,717	102,575	102,584	9218
i	Holzminden	City	21,064	22,078	21,320	20,789	19,939	8824
i	Hude (Oldenburg)	Com	12,008	13,729	15,418	15,715	15,782	12463
i	Isernhagen	Com	20,489	21,979	22,496	22,619	22,990	5976
i	Königslutter (am Elm) {Konigslutter}	City	16,143	16,802	16,570	16,350	15,666	13061
i	Laatzen	City	35,891	37,180	38,965	40,075	40,413	3406
i	Langen	City	15,224	16,907	18,418	18,702	18,510	12199
i	Langenhagen	City	45,965	48,921	49,506	50,883	53,003	7186
i	Leer (Ostfriesland)	City	31,411	32,622	34,109	33,936	34,285	7029
i	Lehrte	City	39,577	42,011	44,200	43,888	43,248	12706
i	Lilienthal	Com	15,643	16,645	17,992	18,273	18,430	7209
i	Lingen (Ems)	City	47,489	52,270	51,362	51,317	51,007	17613
i	Lohne (Oldenburg)	City	19,308	22,550	24,907	25,459	26,363	9079
i	Loxstedt	Com	14,730	15,889	16,624	16,261	16,048	14158
i	Lüneburg {Luneburg}	City	59,543	64,558	68,234	71,842	73,581	7034
i	Melle	City	40,311	43,818	45,747	46,556	46,093	25399
i	Meppen	City	29,797	32,093	33,764	34,313	34,875	18833
i	Moormerland	Com	18,912	20,726	21,993	22,448	22,458	12229
i	Münden (Hannoversch Münden) {Munden}	City	24,971	26,405	25,545	25,126	24,390	12112
i	Munster	City	15,896	18,029	17,724	17,187	15,923	19341
i	Neustadt am Rübenberge {Neustadt am Rubenberge}	City	38,085	43,299	45,343	45,734	45,008	35751
i	Neu Wulmstorf	Com	13,964	17,931	20,323	20,413	20,862	5618
i	Nienburg (Weser)	City	29,474	32,688	32,454	32,736	31,862	6445
i	Norden	City	24,187	24,328	24,845	25,122	25,019	10632
i	Nordenham	City	28,956	29,314	28,035	27,595	26,706	8721
i	Nordhorn	City	48,368	51,269	52,479	53,085	53,058	14968
i	Northeim	City	30,208	32,712	31,432	30,744	29,145	14567
i	Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	CityCR	140,149	151,382	155,908	158,565	162,481	10298
i	Osnabrück {Osnabruck}	CityCR	150,807	168,618	164,195	163,814	165,021	11980
i	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	City	24,146	30,501	31,253	30,942	29,978	14691
i	Osterode (am Harz)	City	26,735	26,707	25,571	24,643	22,987	10246
i	Oyten	Com	12,104	14,491	15,195	15,288	15,540	6343
i	Papenburg	City	29,143	33,624	34,266	34,684	35,237	11841
i	Peine	City	45,780	49,024	49,499	49,884	48,558	11965
i	Rastede	Com	18,212	19,229	19,876	20,392	20,953	12305
i	Rhauderfehn	Com	14,139	15,459	16,870	17,303	17,449	10292
i	Rinteln	City	26,067	28,380	28,383	27,806	26,733	10907
i	Ronnenberg	City	19,421	22,663	23,134	23,223	23,304	3778
i	Rotenburg (Wümme)	City	18,391	21,202	21,834	22,088	21,817	9900
i	Salzgitter	CityCR	111,069	117,713	111,696	107,726	101,750	22391
i	Sarstedt	City	16,463	17,873	18,080	18,575	18,482	4294
i	Schneverdingen	City	15,584	17,030	18,632	19,097	18,864	23459
i	Schortens	Com	19,446	20,837	21,371	21,189	20,587	6868
i	Schwanewede	Com	16,754	17,952	19,514	19,949	19,943	13221
i	Seelze	City	29,586	32,702	33,160	33,167	32,939	5404
i	Seesen	City	21,726	22,574	22,431	21,724	20,034	10219
i	Seevetal	Com	35,964	38,383	40,819	41,614	42,210	10520
i	Sehnde	City	17,687	18,622	21,123	22,607	23,032	10333
i	Soltau	City	19,227	21,040	21,926	22,052	21,672	20324
i	Springe	City	29,328	29,875	29,907	29,833	29,055	15981
i	Stade	City	40,898	45,087	45,152	45,923	46,235	11004
i	Stadthagen	City	22,114	23,566	23,767	23,181	22,211	6027
i	Stuhr	Com	27,085	28,733	31,323	32,734	33,645	8166
i	Südbrookmerland {Sudbrookmerland}	Com	15,281	17,132	18,756	19,060	18,969	9682
i	Syke	City	18,776	23,014	23,657	24,443	24,279	12793
i	Uelzen	City	35,010	35,526	35,215	35,005	34,055	13585
i	Uetze	Com	17,183	18,711	19,854	20,413	20,091	14056
i	Uslar	City	16,121	17,109	16,210	15,847	14,543	11341
i	Varel	City	23,892	24,527	24,891	25,153	24,596	11354
i	Vechelde	Com	14,079	15,005	16,189	16,230	16,028	7587
i	Vechta	City	22,461	25,660	28,319	30,114	32,104	8775
i	Verden (Aller)	City	23,768	26,774	26,861	26,828	26,729	7158
i	Wallenhorst	Com	20,662	22,844	23,405	24,135	23,557	4718
i	Walsrode	City	22,297	23,623	24,214	24,460	23,870	27072
i	Wardenburg	Com	13,508	14,612	15,754	16,114	15,948	11867
i	Wedemark	Com	23,848	26,107	28,567	29,174	29,182	17335
i	Weener	City	14,357	14,909	15,406	15,652	15,714	8124
i	Westerstede	City	18,202	20,735	21,521	21,888	22,071	17923
i	Westoverledingen	Com	16,456	18,139	19,731	20,091	19,817	11207
i	Weyhe	Com	23,832	28,453	30,311	30,283	30,308	6028
i	Wiefelstede	Com	10,566	12,208	14,147	14,693	15,539	10602
i	Wildeshausen	City	13,623	16,192	17,442	18,275	19,372	8949
i	Wilhelmshaven	CityCR	90,982	90,667	84,994	83,552	81,020	10691
i	Winsen (Luhe)	City	25,925	30,054	32,055	32,928	34,437	10958
i	Wittmund	City	19,115	20,827	21,371	21,311	20,659	21012
i	Wolfenbüttel {Wolfenbuttel}	City	50,729	53,686	54,517	54,461	53,353	7851
i	Wolfsburg	CityCR	124,896	126,331	121,887	121,199	122,583	20405
i	Wunstorf	City	37,105	40,084	41,542	41,914	41,048	12568

(1987) Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die BR Deutschland, Ausgabe 1987.
(1995) Amtliche Schlüsselnummern und Bevölkerungsdaten der Gemeinden und Verwaltungsbezirke in der BR Deutschland, Ausgabe 1995.
(2001) (2005) (2011) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).
Population in the boundaries of 2013-03-31.