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The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign states. [a] Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a division into local authorities (counties and county-level cities) that have their own administration.
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following information: The city rank by population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany; The city name; The name of the state in which the city ...
Below is a list of municipalities in Germany with over 20,000 inhabitants in December 2022. The list is sorted by population and gives the state of every municipality. In cases where the municipality's name in German differs from its name in English, the English name is listed first with the German name given in parentheses.
The following tables show historical population figures of German cities according to the respective area status. Also listed is the superordinate administrative unit (state, country, kingdom, province, district) to which the city belonged in the corresponding year. The following historical and current German state entities were taken into account:
Since 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is made up of 16 federal states. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .
The number of municipalities of Germany has decreased strongly over the years: in 1968 there were 24,282 municipalities in West Germany, and in 1980 there were 8,409. [4] The same trend occurred in the New states of Germany after the German reunification: from 7,612 municipalities in 1990 [ 5 ] to 2,380 as of 1 January 2024. [ 2 ]
The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany .