Plauen
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| Plauen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  |
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| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Chemnitz |
| District | Urban district |
| Town subdivisions | 5 town boroughs with 38 parts |
| Lord Mayor | Ralf Oberdorfer (FDP) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 102.12 km² (39.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 412 m (1352 ft) |
| Population | 67,978 (31/08/2007) |
| - Density | 666 /km² (1,724 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | PL |
| Postal codes | 08523;-5;-7;-9 |
| Area code | 03741 |
| Website | www.plauen.de |
Plauen is the biggest city of the Vogtland area in the southwest of Saxony. It is the fifth-largest city in the state. Only Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau are larger.
Plauen is a Kreisfreie stadt. That is, it is responsible for its own city government and is not a part of a district (German: kreis).
The nearest large cities are Zwickau, about 35 km (21.7 mi) northeast and Gera, about 41 km (25.5 mi) north of Plauen.
[change] Population change
Plauen became a large city in 1904 when the population reached 100.000. In 1912 it reached its biggest ever population with 128.000.
After the Second World War Germany was divided. Plauen was in the border area. Laws about living in the border areas of East Germany meant the population fell greatly.
According to the statistics office of the Free State of Saxony, on 30 September 2005 Plauen's population was 69,160.
.svg/29px-Flag_of_Saxony_(state).svg.png){kind=small} Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Saxony in Germany  |
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| Urban districts | Chemnitz · Dresden · Görlitz · Hoyerswerda · Leipzig · Plauen · Zwickau |
| Rural districts | Annaberg · Aue-Schwarzenberg · Bautzen · Chemnitzer Land · Delitzsch · Döbeln · Freiberg · Kamenz · Leipziger Land · Löbau-Zittau · Meißen · Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis · Mittweida · Muldentalkreis · Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis · Riesa-Großenhain · Sächsische Schweiz · Stollberg · Torgau-Oschatz · Vogtlandkreis · Weißeritzkreis · Zwickauer Land |
