Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): Districts, Major Cities & Communes

Districts

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population C 1987-05-25	Population E 1995-12-31	Population E 2001-12-31	Population C 2011-05-09	Population E 2012-12-31
i	Arnsberg		Dist	NW	Arnsberg	8,008	3,605,066	3,827,480	3,803,327	3,575,207	3,559,551	800800
i	Detmold		Dist	NW	Detmold	6,523	1,793,359	2,012,908	2,063,244	2,029,124	2,025,415	652300
i	Düsseldorf {Dusseldorf}		Dist	NW	Düsseldorf	5,291	5,068,126	5,290,584	5,255,328	5,076,864	5,081,061	529100
i	Köln {Koln}		Dist	NW	Köln	7,364	3,856,102	4,188,583	4,309,953	4,285,861	4,315,912	736400
i	Münster {Munster}		Dist	NW	Münster	6,911	2,389,192	2,573,490	2,620,240	2,571,195	2,572,390	691100
i	Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	NW	FSt		Düsseldorf	34,098	16,711,845	17,893,045	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,554,329	3409800
	Germany	DEU	Fed Rep		Berlin	357,137	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	80,219,695	80,523,746

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population C E 2012-12-31
1	Köln	1,024,373
2	Düsseldorf	593,682
3	Dortmund	572,087
4	Essen	566,862
5	Duisburg	486,816
6	Bochum	362,213
7	Wuppertal	342,885
8	Bielefeld	328,314
9	Bonn	309,869
10	Münster	296,599

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 C 2011-05-09	Population C E 2012-12-31	Area
i	Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	229,740	247,923	245,778	236,420	240,086	16085
i	Ahaus	City	29,850	34,708	37,533	38,331	38,578	15124
i	Ahlen	City	52,657	55,785	55,481	52,280	51,877	12313
i	Alfter	Com	16,389	19,351	21,350	22,839	22,941	3478
i	Alsdorf	City	46,454	46,147	46,344	46,567	46,326	3167
i	Altena	City	23,198	24,026	21,831	18,218	17,869	4442
i	Arnsberg	City	74,091	78,972	77,396	74,383	73,897	19372
i	Ascheberg	Com	12,381	13,965	14,923	15,103	15,059	10632
i	Attendorn	City	21,570	23,888	24,688	24,463	24,399	9795
i	Bad Berleburg	City	20,170	21,289	21,135	19,754	19,472	27552
i	Bad Driburg	City	16,582	19,122	19,608	18,639	18,431	11530
i	Bad Honnef	City	21,647	24,462	25,038	24,523	24,832	4817
i	Bad Laasphe	City	14,713	15,574	15,395	14,186	14,039	13595
i	Bad Lippspringe	City	11,891	14,566	14,835	14,968	15,091	5101
i	Bad Münstereifel {Bad Munstereifel}	City	15,230	17,718	18,560	17,451	17,395	15083
i	Bad Oeynhausen	City	44,036	49,014	49,850	48,623	48,354	6483
i	Bad Salzuflen	City	50,588	55,029	55,088	52,285	52,180	10005
i	Baesweiler	City	23,673	25,707	27,485	26,363	26,445	2777
i	Beckum	City	35,877	38,166	38,018	36,116	36,062	11146
i	Bedburg	City	20,634	23,219	24,457	23,037	22,930	8033
i	Bergheim	City	54,545	60,610	63,591	58,922	59,297	9634
i	Bergisch Gladbach	City	100,589	105,478	105,569	108,878	109,138	8309
i	Bergkamen	City	47,660	51,838	52,955	49,011	48,534	4484
i	Bergneustadt	City	17,949	20,772	20,809	18,799	18,897	3789
i	Beverungen	City	14,791	15,703	15,506	13,867	13,548	9809
i	Bielefeld	CityCR	305,566	324,066	323,373	326,870	328,314	25882
i	Blomberg	City	14,327	16,786	17,560	15,721	15,509	9910
i	Bocholt	City	67,028	70,424	72,701	71,256	71,080	11940
i	Bochum	CityCR	386,271	400,395	390,087	362,286	362,213	14566
i	Bönen {Bonen}	Com	18,002	18,817	19,349	18,018	18,023	3802
i	Bonn	CityCR	276,653	291,431	306,016	305,765	309,869	14109
i	Borken	City	34,228	38,675	40,582	41,614	41,455	15297
i	Bornheim	City	34,211	40,180	46,304	46,207	46,365	8269
i	Bottrop	CityCR	114,640	120,642	120,780	117,311	116,498	10061
i	Brakel	City	14,893	17,493	17,840	16,853	16,722	17392
i	Brilon	City	24,218	27,258	27,320	25,909	25,644	22916
i	Brüggen {Bruggen}	Com	13,113	14,929	15,877	15,489	15,482	6125
i	Brühl {Bruhl}	City	40,743	43,653	43,850	43,568	43,875	3612
i	Bünde {Bunde}	City	39,083	43,186	44,749	45,497	45,189	5930
i	Burbach	Com	13,405	14,807	15,076	14,502	14,453	7972
i	Büren {Buren}	City	17,473	21,619	22,194	21,724	21,577	17099
i	Burscheid	City	16,334	18,289	19,293	18,078	18,120	2733
i	Castrop-Rauxel	City	77,081	79,160	78,471	74,629	74,123	5167
i	Coesfeld	City	31,788	34,747	36,264	35,815	35,693	14136
i	Datteln	City	36,504	37,712	37,210	34,481	34,507	6609
i	Delbrück {Delbruck}	City	22,645	27,700	29,429	30,414	30,542	15728
i	Detmold	City	65,502	73,343	73,771	73,743	73,602	12939
i	Dinslaken	City	62,458	69,148	71,005	67,853	67,379	4766
i	Dormagen	City	54,790	61,155	63,295	62,208	62,379	8549
i	Dorsten	City	73,744	80,735	81,293	76,860	76,030	17120
i	Dortmund	CityCR	584,089	598,840	589,240	571,143	572,087	28071
i	Drensteinfurt	City	11,603	13,298	14,675	15,176	15,122	10660
i	Duisburg	CityCR	525,378	535,250	512,030	488,468	486,816	23280
i	Dülmen {Dulmen}	City	38,851	44,277	46,923	46,388	46,071	18483
i	Düren {Duren}	City	82,857	90,274	92,292	88,789	88,768	8500
i	Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf] {Dusseldorf}	CityCR	563,531	571,030	570,765	586,291	593,682	21741
i	Eitorf	Com	15,591	18,031	19,599	18,762	18,665	6990
i	Elsdorf	City	18,605	21,343	21,740	20,818	20,781	6617
i	Emmerich	City	27,924	29,285	29,005	29,918	30,038	8040
i	Emsdetten	City	31,007	33,665	35,235	35,236	35,448	7206
i	Engelskirchen	Com	18,380	20,442	20,829	19,368	19,269	6303
i	Enger	City	16,291	18,925	20,007	20,439	20,285	4124
i	Ennepetal	City	33,598	34,224	33,559	30,400	29,931	5743
i	Ennigerloh	City	19,192	20,552	20,786	19,662	19,558	12556
i	Erftstadt	City	43,939	48,717	50,998	49,230	49,164	11989
i	Erkelenz	City	35,992	42,281	43,364	42,931	42,901	11734
i	Erkrath	City	44,958	49,572	48,547	43,690	43,786	2688
i	Erwitte	City	13,410	14,982	15,725	15,569	15,679	8941
i	Eschweiler	City	53,058	56,171	55,257	54,671	54,775	7588
i	Espelkamp	City	22,049	27,004	26,883	24,805	24,592	8421
i	Essen	CityCR	623,427	614,861	591,889	566,201	566,862	21030
i	Euskirchen	City	47,050	52,205	54,047	55,414	55,502	13949
i	Finnentrop	Com	16,734	18,299	18,562	17,172	17,025	10442
i	Frechen	City	42,348	45,583	47,382	49,657	50,607	4510
i	Freudenberg	City	16,438	18,094	18,315	18,024	17,953	5460
i	Fröndenberg {Frondenberg}	City	20,429	22,145	23,054	20,928	20,698	5621
i	Geilenkirchen	City	21,393	26,549	28,137	26,240	26,420	8320
i	Geldern	City	28,147	31,709	33,232	32,871	33,009	9696
i	Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	287,508	291,164	276,740	258,766	257,607	10494
i	Gescher	City	14,619	16,095	16,932	16,869	16,889	8084
i	Geseke	City	16,958	19,170	20,219	20,718	20,588	9788
i	Gevelsberg	City	32,456	33,769	33,552	31,227	31,080	2629
i	Gladbeck	City	78,343	79,605	77,460	73,974	74,002	3591
i	Goch	City	29,282	31,186	33,033	32,708	32,894	11543
i	Grefrath	Com	13,848	15,447	16,040	14,946	14,863	3098
i	Greven	City	29,512	33,216	34,507	34,659	34,924	14026
i	Grevenbroich	City	58,611	63,604	65,039	61,741	61,530	10251
i	Gronau (Westfalen)	City	39,318	43,529	45,290	45,494	45,590	7882
i	Gummersbach	City	48,250	53,149	53,355	49,951	49,722	9542
i	Gütersloh {Gutersloh}	City	81,804	92,842	95,459	94,172	94,973	11202
i	Haan	City	28,489	29,888	29,607	29,574	29,848	2419
i	Hagen	CityCR	209,363	212,003	202,060	187,944	186,243	16035
i	Halle (Westfalen)	City	18,161	19,502	20,728	21,029	21,228	6970
i	Haltern	City	32,758	35,587	36,956	37,315	37,246	15850
i	Halver	City	15,322	17,168	17,627	16,474	16,300	7724
i	Hamm	CityCR	171,170	183,408	183,805	176,037	176,440	22643
i	Hamminkeln	Com	23,285	26,480	27,209	26,350	26,284	16454
i	Harsewinkel	City	18,741	22,616	23,703	23,799	23,862	10059
i	Hattingen	City	55,880	58,650	58,023	54,253	54,286	7140
i	Heiligenhaus	City	28,851	29,487	28,402	25,560	25,502	2752
i	Heinsberg	City	36,109	39,852	41,483	40,949	40,913	9221
i	Hemer	City	32,914	35,934	37,355	35,225	35,487	6766
i	Hennef (Sieg)	City	29,968	38,115	43,534	44,770	45,455	10589
i	Herdecke	City	25,238	26,278	26,001	22,909	22,754	2240
i	Herford	City	60,935	65,919	65,097	65,213	65,113	7916
i	Herne	CityCR	174,238	179,897	174,018	155,160	154,563	5142
i	Herten	City	67,806	69,183	66,495	61,505	61,001	3733
i	Herzebrock-Clarholz	Com	12,626	14,898	15,944	15,900	15,875	7928
i	Herzogenrath	City	43,094	45,935	46,932	46,564	46,478	3340
i	Hiddenhausen	Com	19,166	20,474	21,071	19,786	19,602	2387
i	Hilchenbach	City	15,439	16,571	16,506	15,387	15,189	8112
i	Hilden	City	53,262	55,086	56,615	54,390	54,736	2595
i	Hille	Com	14,256	15,857	16,622	16,027	15,900	10299
i	Holzwickede	Com	15,878	17,414	17,739	16,755	16,725	2236
i	Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	16,318	18,664	18,696	17,364	17,182	9015
i	Hörstel {Horstel}	City	15,305	17,401	19,602	19,660	19,610	10754
i	Hövelhof {Hovelhof}	Com	12,599	15,167	15,872	15,642	15,706	7074
i	Höxter {Hoxter}	City	31,972	33,560	32,998	30,165	29,812	15816
i	Hückelhoven {Huckelhoven}	City	33,672	36,756	39,308	38,927	38,593	6127
i	Hückeswagen {Huckeswagen}	City	14,759	16,016	16,540	15,256	15,139	5053
i	Hürth {Hurth}	City	48,376	52,351	54,095	55,082	56,435	5122
i	Ibbenbüren {Ibbenburen}	City	43,243	47,421	49,485	50,569	50,560	10887
i	Iserlohn	City	92,183	99,341	98,865	94,630	93,799	12549
i	Jüchen {Juchen}	Com	20,509	22,216	22,569	22,162	22,379	7187
i	Jülich {Julich}	City	30,367	32,061	33,940	31,834	32,044	9039
i	Kaarst	City	39,208	41,788	42,379	41,901	42,156	3740
i	Kalletal	Com	13,756	15,791	15,786	14,249	14,006	11242
i	Kamen	City	44,002	46,977	46,348	43,815	43,496	4093
i	Kamp-Lintfort	City	37,433	40,435	39,959	37,299	37,093	6314
i	Kempen	City	31,789	36,093	36,085	35,075	34,825	6881
i	Kerpen	City	53,608	61,998	63,652	63,273	63,650	11392
i	Kevelaer	City	22,428	25,737	27,319	27,509	27,565	10065
i	Kierspe	City	14,864	17,541	18,299	16,363	16,139	7191
i	Kirchlengern	Com	14,238	15,589	16,335	16,189	16,040	3378
i	Kleve	City	44,106	48,344	49,031	47,438	47,826	9776
i	Köln [Cologne] {Koln}	CityCR	928,309	965,697	967,940	1,005,775	1,024,373	40516
i	Königswinter {Konigswinter}	City	33,783	37,341	39,482	40,025	39,908	7617
i	Korschenbroich	City	27,094	31,740	33,862	32,025	32,193	5526
i	Krefeld	CityCR	232,261	249,606	239,559	222,247	222,026	13775
i	Kreuzau	Com	14,870	16,989	18,234	17,123	17,163	4173
i	Kreuztal	City	29,370	32,243	32,127	30,754	30,827	7107
i	Kürten {Kurten}	Com	16,522	18,771	19,679	19,531	19,489	6729
i	Lage	City	31,375	35,931	36,157	34,824	34,636	7604
i	Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	50,297	56,676	58,757	56,829	56,993	4115
i	Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	24,703	26,366	26,934	27,478	27,437	3726
i	Lemgo	City	38,151	41,403	42,188	41,032	40,808	10085
i	Lengerich	City	20,215	21,802	22,259	21,828	21,867	9079
i	Lennestadt	City	25,901	27,650	28,046	26,473	26,139	13559
i	Leopoldshöhe {Leopoldshohe}	Com	12,699	15,309	16,396	15,922	15,930	3693
i	Leverkusen	CityCR	154,692	162,252	160,829	158,984	159,926	7887
i	Lindlar	Com	18,115	20,804	22,517	21,252	21,071	8588
i	Lippstadt	City	60,102	66,636	67,231	65,886	66,100	11368
i	Lohmar	Com	25,294	29,509	30,936	29,475	29,550	6562
i	Löhne {Lohne}	City	36,746	41,246	41,580	39,671	39,479	5951
i	Lübbecke {Lubbecke}	City	22,191	25,301	25,937	25,473	25,467	6504
i	Lüdenscheid {Ludenscheid}	City	74,635	81,837	80,509	73,762	73,336	8702
i	Lüdinghausen {Ludinghausen}	City	19,036	21,569	23,333	23,544	23,569	14054
i	Lünen {Lunen}	City	84,664	91,592	92,005	86,010	84,798	5920
i	Marl	City	89,063	92,965	92,628	84,782	84,055	8766
i	Marsberg	City	20,772	23,058	22,382	20,428	20,110	18222
i	Mechernich	City	21,910	24,575	26,460	26,736	26,776	13646
i	Meckenheim	City	20,868	24,558	25,440	23,563	23,574	3484
i	Meerbusch	City	50,240	54,206	55,172	54,313	54,592	6439
i	Meinerzhagen	City	18,318	21,554	22,031	21,073	20,814	11566
i	Menden (Sauerland)	City	54,058	58,424	59,183	54,495	53,876	8610
i	Meschede	City	31,110	32,590	32,645	30,745	30,358	21850
i	Mettmann	City	37,220	38,812	39,125	37,972	37,564	4256
i	Minden	City	75,031	82,971	82,898	80,121	79,853	10112
i	Moers	City	100,872	107,095	107,421	104,009	103,504	6768
i	Mönchengladbach {Monchengladbach}	CityCR	249,587	266,702	262,963	255,188	255,087	17045
i	Monheim	City	39,985	43,811	43,685	40,280	40,205	2305
i	Much	Com	11,309	13,883	14,889	14,119	14,106	7806
i	Mülheim (an der Ruhr) {Mulheim}	CityCR	176,423	176,530	172,332	166,865	166,654	9128
i	Münster {Munster}	CityCR	246,186	265,061	267,197	289,576	296,599	30296
i	Netphen	Com	21,959	24,897	25,038	23,326	23,185	13739
i	Nettetal	City	37,740	40,348	42,085	41,417	41,438	8386
i	Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	25,386	27,571	28,566	27,033	26,924	4350
i	Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Com	15,566	18,508	20,328	19,780	19,537	5062
i	Neuss	City	142,178	148,796	150,957	150,568	151,486	9953
i	Niederkassel	City	28,243	31,201	35,077	36,496	36,734	3579
i	Niederkrüchten {Niederkruchten}	Com	10,736	12,862	14,749	14,963	15,008	6707
i	Nottuln	Com	14,457	17,823	19,599	19,160	19,295	8567
i	Nümbrecht {Numbrecht}	Com	12,347	16,526	17,009	16,700	16,598	7178
i	Oberhausen	CityCR	220,286	224,397	221,619	210,216	210,005	7710
i	Ochtrup	City	16,873	18,176	18,977	18,876	19,077	10563
i	Odenthal	Com	12,811	13,909	15,120	14,824	14,764	3987
i	Oelde	City	27,033	28,847	29,406	28,940	28,983	10277
i	Oer-Erkenschwick	City	27,607	30,302	30,516	30,861	30,503	3867
i	Oerlinghausen	City	14,757	17,165	17,435	16,684	16,654	3269
i	Olpe	City	22,710	24,605	25,371	24,822	24,663	8588
i	Olsberg	City	14,464	16,267	16,233	15,057	14,786	11800
i	Overath	Com	22,553	25,319	26,410	26,968	26,809	6888
i	Paderborn	City	110,715	133,717	140,869	142,365	143,575	17960
i	Petershagen	City	23,619	26,142	27,103	26,105	25,662	21194
i	Plettenberg	City	27,726	29,519	28,959	26,235	25,968	9676
i	Porta Westfalica	City	33,787	35,794	36,277	35,623	35,347	10522
i	Pulheim	City	47,852	51,365	53,441	52,929	53,080	7215
i	Radevormwald	City	22,579	24,353	24,668	22,518	22,236	5386
i	Rahden	City	13,452	14,850	15,856	15,634	15,509	13748
i	Ratingen	City	88,631	89,534	91,793	86,967	86,821	8874
i	Recklinghausen	City	119,991	127,216	124,587	115,958	115,385	6643
i	Rees	City	18,075	20,010	21,995	21,520	21,300	10986
i	Reichshof	Com	15,368	18,385	19,885	19,017	18,765	11466
i	Remscheid	CityCR	120,132	122,260	118,753	110,708	109,352	7452
i	Rheda-Wiedenbrück {Rheda-Wiedenbruck}	City	36,822	42,155	45,235	46,515	46,858	8672
i	Rhede	City	16,383	18,006	18,774	19,102	19,052	7890
i	Rheinbach	City	22,161	24,733	25,986	26,377	26,639	6972
i	Rheinberg	City	26,158	29,638	31,712	30,867	30,684	7524
i	Rheine	City	69,348	74,587	75,925	72,749	73,285	14500
i	Rietberg	City	22,782	26,435	28,214	28,562	28,583	11031
i	Rösrath {Rosrath}	Com	21,783	24,286	26,613	27,492	27,561	3880
i	Salzkotten	City	19,572	22,211	23,680	24,434	24,627	10980
i	Sankt Augustin	City	49,396	55,065	55,539	53,850	54,109	3422
i	Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	Com	20,183	23,248	25,829	26,386	26,329	6752
i	Schmallenberg	City	24,477	26,620	26,538	25,475	25,149	30310
i	Schwalmtal	Com	14,551	17,116	19,370	19,062	18,895	4811
i	Schwelm	City	29,527	30,729	30,351	28,435	28,139	2050
i	Schwerte	City	48,344	50,734	50,534	46,743	46,376	5620
i	Selm	City	23,895	26,214	27,389	26,017	25,697	6034
i	Senden	Com	14,462	18,796	19,703	19,976	20,033	10945
i	Siegburg	City	33,637	36,998	37,865	38,780	39,103	2346
i	Siegen	City	106,384	111,398	108,397	99,187	99,261	11469
i	Simmerath	Com	12,511	14,525	15,415	15,122	15,015	11101
i	Soest	City	40,207	47,730	48,361	46,742	46,685	8581
i	Solingen	CityCR	159,103	165,735	165,032	155,265	155,316	8955
i	Spenge	City	14,043	15,601	15,796	14,812	14,681	4035
i	Sprockhövel {Sprockhovel}	City	23,857	25,442	26,419	25,444	25,230	4780
i	Stadtlohn	City	17,079	19,139	20,407	20,164	20,069	7925
i	Steinfurt	City	30,067	33,268	34,052	33,392	33,327	11167
i	Steinhagen	Com	16,486	18,591	19,745	20,157	20,197	5641
i	Stolberg (Rheinland)	City	55,747	58,203	58,718	56,206	56,089	9850
i	Straelen	City	12,265	14,511	15,337	15,367	15,578	7404
i	Sundern (Sauerland)	City	25,824	29,368	29,864	28,565	28,165	19327
i	Swisttal	Com	16,341	17,865	17,954	17,604	17,497	6222
i	Telgte	City	16,555	18,472	19,370	18,866	18,879	9084
i	Tönisvorst {Tonisvorst}	City	23,172	28,385	30,477	29,574	29,322	4433
i	Troisdorf	City	60,079	68,778	73,282	72,408	72,784	6220
i	Übach-Palenberg {Ubach-Palenberg}	City	22,933	23,849	25,049	24,220	24,052	2612
i	Unna	City	56,499	66,475	70,117	59,149	59,015	8853
i	Velbert	City	87,366	89,786	89,823	81,303	80,902	7490
i	Verl	City	18,507	21,626	23,768	24,766	24,892	7137
i	Versmold	City	17,396	19,680	20,634	20,898	20,817	8557
i	Viersen	City	76,445	77,338	77,259	74,941	74,952	9108
i	Vlotho	City	18,780	20,520	20,544	19,232	19,035	7693
i	Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	34,870	38,269	38,935	37,134	36,729	5349
i	Vreden	City	18,607	20,745	21,931	22,400	22,395	13583
i	Wachtberg	Com	16,563	18,716	19,162	19,451	19,786	4968
i	Waldbröl {Waldbrol}	City	14,765	18,490	19,213	18,964	18,947	6332
i	Waltrop	City	28,127	30,466	30,437	29,017	28,926	4700
i	Warburg	City	21,887	24,178	24,218	23,547	23,391	16884
i	Warendorf	City	33,476	36,991	38,988	36,982	37,006	17688
i	Warstein	City	28,138	29,566	29,007	25,966	25,504	15803
i	Wassenberg	City	12,229	14,280	16,044	16,944	17,101	4243
i	Wegberg	City	24,784	26,989	28,800	27,865	27,745	8434
i	Weilerswist	Com	13,722	15,314	16,337	15,462	15,824	5717
i	Wenden	Com	15,995	18,604	19,658	19,665	19,572	7256
i	Werdohl	City	20,856	22,227	21,265	18,430	18,310	3338
i	Werl	City	27,067	30,533	31,819	30,303	30,455	7635
i	Wermelskirchen	City	34,447	37,123	36,907	34,934	34,679	7480
i	Werne	City	28,056	30,456	30,779	29,614	29,578	7608
i	Wesel	City	57,507	61,609	62,151	60,335	60,241	12256
i	Wesseling	City	29,101	33,517	35,224	34,998	34,973	2337
i	Wetter (Ruhr)	City	28,160	29,331	29,675	27,935	27,725	3147
i	Wiehl	City	21,651	25,367	26,455	25,274	25,266	5326
i	Willich	City	40,303	45,932	50,853	50,708	50,663	6777
i	Wilnsdorf	Com	19,874	21,630	21,618	20,469	20,249	7204
i	Windeck	Com	17,666	19,892	21,048	18,935	18,769	10722
i	Wipperfürth {Wipperfurth}	City	20,373	22,409	23,227	21,660	21,392	11830
i	Witten	City	102,902	104,754	103,158	96,382	96,136	7237
i	Wülfrath {Wulfrath}	City	20,690	22,046	22,669	21,213	21,040	3227
i	Wuppertal	CityCR	365,662	381,884	364,784	342,661	342,885	16839
i	Würselen {Wurselen}	City	33,499	35,758	36,731	37,206	37,421	3439
i	Xanten	City	15,974	18,902	20,841	21,245	21,273	7243
i	Zülpich {Zulpich}	City	16,943	18,878	19,674	19,745	19,689	10103

Gebietsstand / boundaries of: 2013-09-30.
(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) (2011) (2012) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).