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

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1987-05-25	E 1995-12-31	E 2001-12-31	E 2005-12-31	E 2008-12-31
<	Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony]	NI	FSt	Hannover	47,627	7,162,103	7,780,422	7,956,416	7,993,946	7,947,244
	Germany	DEU		Berlin	357,112	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	82,437,995	82,002,356

	Name	C E 2008-12-31
1	Hannover	519,619
2	Braunschweig	246,012
3	Osnabrück	163,286
4	Oldenburg	160,279
5	Göttingen	121,455
6	Wolfsburg	120,538
7	Salzgitter	104,423
8	Hildesheim	103,288
9	Wilhelmshaven	81,411

Cities & Communes

	Name	Status	C C 1987-05-25	C E 1995-12-31	C E 2001-12-31	C E 2005-12-31	C E 2008-12-31
<	Achim	City	28,114	30,050	29,681	30,141	30,162
<	Alfeld (Leine)	City	22,305	22,413	21,778	21,061	20,460
<	Aurich	City	36,033	39,519	40,362	40,594	40,447
<	Bad Bentheim	City	13,697	14,319	14,817	15,522	15,682
<	Bad Essen	Com	12,121	14,876	15,575	15,778	15,753
<	Bad Harzburg	City	23,157	23,599	23,021	22,734	22,187
<	Bad Münder (am Deister) {Bad Munder}	City	18,578	19,274	18,877	18,490	17,912
<	Bad Pyrmont	City	20,443	23,180	22,100	21,492	20,920
<	Bad Zwischenahn	Com	23,299	24,362	25,826	27,101	27,350
<	Barsinghausen	City	32,727	34,643	34,408	34,166	33,961
<	Bassum	City	13,860	15,055	16,132	16,243	16,125
<	Brake (Unterweser)	City	16,276	16,713	16,416	16,191	15,837
<	Bramsche	City	24,147	30,724	31,030	31,006	31,152
<	Braunschweig [Brunswick]	CityCR	252,351	252,544	245,516	245,273	246,012
<	Bremervörde {Bremervorde}	City	17,700	19,004	19,386	19,113	18,939
<	Buchholz (in der Nordheide)	City	29,824	34,042	36,109	37,987	38,415
<	Bückeburg {Buckeburg}	City	19,610	20,953	20,782	20,922	20,674
<	Burgdorf	City	28,073	30,275	30,204	30,074	30,063
<	Burgwedel	Com	17,924	19,166	19,861	20,384	20,481
<	Buxtehude	City	31,004	35,253	37,086	38,335	39,522
<	Celle	City	71,222	73,936	71,949	71,336	70,745
<	Clausthal-Zellerfeld	City	15,823	16,703	15,460	15,075	14,561
<	Cloppenburg	City	22,266	27,795	30,146	31,656	32,278
<	Cuxhaven	City	56,049	55,229	53,168	52,095	51,249
<	Damme	City	13,029	14,998	15,508	16,211	16,451
<	Delmenhorst	CityCR	72,072	78,226	76,284	75,916	74,751
<	Diepholz	City	14,458	16,121	16,378	16,593	16,553
<	Duderstadt	City	22,253	23,393	23,056	22,808	22,114
<	Edewecht	Com	14,398	17,000	19,871	20,797	21,006
<	Einbeck	City	28,843	29,388	28,613	27,795	27,082
<	Emden	CityCR	50,144	51,559	51,185	51,693	51,562
<	Friesoythe	City	16,576	18,907	20,064	20,493	20,599
<	Ganderkesee	Com	26,061	28,895	30,590	30,969	30,753
<	Garbsen	City	58,081	62,681	63,271	63,123	62,000
<	Georgsmarienhütte {Georgsmarienhutte}	City	30,833	32,909	32,905	32,536	32,289
<	Gifhorn	City	34,770	43,526	42,740	42,466	41,799
<	Goslar	City	45,978	46,142	44,123	43,119	41,785
<	Göttingen {Gottingen}	City	114,698	126,253	123,822	121,884	121,455
<	Hameln	City	58,181	58,781	59,052	58,739	58,267
<	Hannover [Hanover]	City	494,864	523,147	516,415	515,729	519,619
<	Haren (Ems)	City	18,422	21,450	22,389	22,720	23,029
<	Helmstedt	City	26,656	26,946	25,888	25,391	24,402
<	Hemmingen	Com	16,007	16,608	18,196	18,647	18,502
<	Herzberg (am Harz)	City	15,960	16,325	15,261	14,697	14,209
<	Hessisch Oldendorf	City	17,527	20,125	19,969	19,771	19,312
<	Hildesheim	City	103,449	106,101	103,717	102,575	103,288
<	Holzminden	City	21,064	22,078	21,320	20,789	20,387
<	Hude (Oldenburg)	Com	12,008	13,729	15,418	15,715	15,814
<	Isernhagen	Com	20,489	21,979	22,496	22,619	22,846
<	Königslutter (am Elm) {Konigslutter}	City	16,143	16,802	16,570	16,350	16,078
<	Laatzen	City	35,891	37,180	38,965	40,075	40,109
<	Langen	City	15,224	16,907	18,418	18,702	18,449
<	Langenhagen	City	45,965	48,921	49,506	50,883	51,691
<	Leer (Ostfriesland)	City	31,411	32,622	34,109	33,936	34,154
<	Lehrte	City	39,577	42,011	44,200	43,888	43,518
<	Lilienthal	Com	15,643	16,645	17,992	18,273	18,239
<	Lingen (Ems)	City	47,489	52,270	51,362	51,317	51,625
<	Lohne (Oldenburg)	City	19,308	22,550	24,907	25,459	25,784
<	Loxstedt	Com	14,730	15,889	16,624	16,261	16,110
<	Lüneburg {Luneburg}	City	59,543	64,558	68,234	71,842	72,492
<	Melle	City	40,311	43,818	45,747	46,556	46,540
<	Meppen	City	29,797	32,093	33,764	34,313	34,862
<	Moormerland	Com	18,912	20,726	21,993	22,448	22,500
<	Münden (Hannoversch Münden) {Munden}	City	24,971	26,405	25,545	25,126	24,612
<	Munster	City	15,896	18,029	17,724	17,187	16,564
<	Neustadt am Rübenberge {Neustadt am Rubenberge}	City	38,085	43,299	45,343	45,734	45,375
<	Neu Wulmstorf	Com	13,964	17,931	20,323	20,413	20,557
<	Nienburg (Weser)	City	29,474	32,688	32,454	32,736	32,542
<	Norden	City	24,187	24,328	24,845	25,122	25,099
<	Nordenham	City	28,956	29,314	28,035	27,595	27,246
<	Nordhorn	City	48,368	51,269	52,479	53,085	53,401
<	Northeim	City	30,208	32,712	31,432	30,744	29,980
<	Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	CityCR	140,149	151,382	155,908	158,565	160,279
<	Osnabrück {Osnabruck}	CityCR	150,807	168,618	164,195	163,814	163,286
<	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	City	24,146	30,501	31,253	30,942	30,538
<	Osterode (am Harz)	City	26,735	26,707	25,571	24,643	23,993
<	Oyten	Com	12,104	14,491	15,195	15,288	15,360
<	Papenburg	City	29,143	33,624	34,266	34,684	35,268
<	Peine	City	45,780	49,024	49,499	49,884	49,188
<	Rastede	Com	18,212	19,229	19,876	20,392	20,716
<	Rhauderfehn	Com	14,139	15,459	16,870	17,303	17,309
<	Rinteln	City	26,067	28,380	28,383	27,806	27,223
<	Ronnenberg	City	19,421	22,663	23,134	23,223	23,286
<	Rotenburg (Wümme)	City	18,391	21,202	21,834	22,088	21,951
<	Salzgitter	CityCR	111,069	117,713	111,696	107,726	104,423
<	Sarstedt	City	16,463	17,873	18,080	18,575	18,591
<	Schneverdingen	City	15,584	17,030	18,632	19,097	18,997
<	Schortens	Com	19,446	20,837	21,371	21,189	21,047
<	Schwanewede	Com	16,754	17,952	19,514	19,949	20,061
<	Seelze	City	29,586	32,702	33,160	33,167	32,729
<	Seesen	City	21,726	22,574	22,431	21,724	20,795
<	Seevetal	Com	35,964	38,383	40,819	41,614	41,560
<	Sehnde	City	17,687	18,622	21,123	22,607	22,819
<	Soltau	City	19,227	21,040	21,926	22,052	21,831
<	Springe	City	29,328	29,875	29,907	29,833	29,421
<	Stade	City	40,898	45,087	45,152	45,923	45,918
<	Stadthagen	City	22,114	23,566	23,767	23,181	22,638
<	Stuhr	Com	27,085	28,733	31,323	32,734	33,200
<	Südbrookmerland {Sudbrookmerland}	Com	15,281	17,132	18,756	19,060	19,132
<	Syke	City	18,776	23,014	23,657	24,443	24,425
<	Uelzen	City	35,010	35,526	35,215	35,005	34,395
<	Uetze	Com	17,183	18,711	19,854	20,413	20,265
<	Uslar	City	16,121	17,109	16,210	15,847	15,100
<	Varel	City	23,892	24,527	24,891	25,153	24,801
<	Vechelde	Com	14,079	15,005	16,189	16,230	16,074
<	Vechta	City	22,461	25,660	28,319	30,114	30,998
<	Verden (Aller)	City	23,768	26,774	26,861	26,828	26,737
<	Wallenhorst	Com	20,662	22,844	23,405	24,135	23,865
<	Walsrode	City	22,297	23,623	24,214	24,460	24,069
<	Wardenburg	Com	13,508	14,612	15,754	16,114	15,968
<	Wedemark	Com	23,848	26,107	28,567	29,174	29,069
<	Weener	City	14,357	14,909	15,406	15,652	15,676
<	Westerstede	City	18,202	20,735	21,521	21,888	21,964
<	Westoverledingen	Com	16,456	18,139	19,731	20,091	19,936
<	Weyhe	Com	23,832	28,453	30,311	30,283	30,316
<	Wiefelstede	Com	10,566	12,208	14,147	14,693	15,045
<	Wildeshausen	City	13,623	16,192	17,442	18,275	18,766
<	Wilhelmshaven	CityCR	90,982	90,667	84,994	83,552	81,411
<	Winsen (Luhe)	City	25,925	30,054	32,055	32,928	33,830
<	Wittmund	City	19,115	20,827	21,371	21,311	21,031
<	Wolfenbüttel {Wolfenbuttel}	City	50,729	53,686	54,517	54,461	53,797
<	Wolfsburg	CityCR	124,896	126,331	121,887	121,199	120,538
<	Wunstorf	City	37,105	40,084	41,542	41,914	41,332

(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) (2008) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland: Gemeindeverzeichnis (web).

GERMANY: Niedersachsen

Contents

Federal State

Principal Cities

Cities & Communes