List of administrative districts and independent cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is subdivided into a total of six districts and two independent cities . This list of the districts and independent cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania gives a general overview of these including their most important data. The current administrative structure of the state came about through the district reform of September 4, 2011 , in which the previous twelve districts and six independent cities were restructured. What is unique is that the district of Northwest Mecklenburg has encircled the city of Wismar and made it a district town.
With an area of 23,212.7 square kilometers, the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the sixth largest state in the Federal Republic of Germany . In terms of population, it is in fourteenth place with 1,608,138 people. The average population density is 69 inhabitants per square kilometer, although this can vary greatly within the individual districts. The population density in the independent city of Rostock is 1154 inhabitants per square kilometer, in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg 74 inhabitants per square kilometer and in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim only 45 inhabitants per square kilometer. The most populous district is the Mecklenburg Lake District with 258,074 inhabitants, the poorest in the Northwest Mecklenburg district with 157,322 inhabitants. The largest independent city is Rostock with 209,191 inhabitants. The largest district in terms of area is the Mecklenburg Lake District, which is the largest district in Germany at 5,470.35 square kilometers. The smallest district is the district of Northwest Mecklenburg with 2,118.51 square kilometers.
There are no administrative districts in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
construction
The following list is structured as follows:
- District, independent city: Name of the district or the independent city
- District town: Name of the district town: The cell is empty for urban districts.
- Coat of arms: the official coat of arms of the district or the independent city
- Location: Location map of the districts or the independent cities within the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Motor vehicle: vehicle registration number of the respective regional authority
- Ew: Population of the respective regional authority as of December 31, 2019
- Area: Area of the respective regional authority in square kilometers (km²)
- Ew / km²: population density in inhabitants per square kilometer
- Comments: further information on the geographical features of the respective cities and districts, including mountains, rivers and larger lakes
- Image: a typical image from the region with which the respective regional authority is identified
Overview
District / urban district |
County seat | coat of arms | location | Vehicle | Ew | Area (in km²) |
Ew / km² | Remarks | image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ludwigslust-Parchim | Parchim | LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB | 211,779 | 4,752.44 | 45 | ||||
Mecklenburg Lake District | Neubrandenburg | MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN, (NB) | 258.074 | 5,470.35 | 47 | ||||
Northwest Mecklenburg | Wismar | NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS, (HWI) | 157.322 | 2,118.51 | 74 | ||||
Rostock (independent city) |
HRO | 209.191 | 181.26 | 1154 | |||||
Rostock | Guestrow | LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET | 215.794 | 3,422.51 | 63 | ||||
Schwerin (state capital) |
SN | 95,653 | 130.52 | 733 | |||||
Vorpommern-Greifswald | Greifswald | VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG, (HGW) | 235.623 | 3,929.73 | 60 | ||||
Western Pomerania-Ruegen | Stralsund | VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG, (HST) | 224,702 | 3,207.37 | 70 | ||||
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 1,608,138 | 23,212.7 | 69 |
Zoning from 1994 to 2011
Before the second district reform, the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was divided into twelve districts and six independent cities, four of which are now considered to be a large district city (Neubrandenburg, Greifswald, Stralsund, Wismar; see adjacent drawing).
See also
- List of cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- List of cities and municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- List of independent cities in Germany
- List of districts in Germany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ Population of the districts, offices and communities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania December 31 , 2014 (accessed online on February 27, 2016)