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Division of Thuringia into municipalities, municipal associations and districts (as of 1 January 2024)
This is a list of the towns, cities and municipalities in Thuringia in Germany.
The German federal state of Thuringia consists of a total of
631 politically independent cities, towns and municipalities (as of 1 July 2021).
These are divided as follows:
117 towns and cities, of which
005 are independent towns or cities (kreisfreie Städte) (including the state capital of Erfurt),
001 is a "large district town" (Große Kreisstadt),
005 are "large district-associated towns" (Große kreisangehörige Städte),
080 are independent towns (they discharge all municipal functions themselves – 23 towns of which are "fulfilling municipalities" (erfüllende Gemeinden),
A feature of the Thuringian administration are the "fulfilling municipalities" (erfüllende Gemeinden). 39 towns and villages that do not belong to a municipal association are fulfilling municipalities for another 95 municipalities.
30 municipalities are referred to as "rural municipalities" (Landgemeinden); they can be towns at the same time.
