Saxony
StateDE-SNData as of · Metro Power Rankings
State of Germany.
EuropeCapital: DresdenSub-region: East GermanyLanguage: German
Population
4.0M
Metros tracked
4
4.5M in metros (111%)
Composite score
24.3
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: DE-SN
At a glance
- Endonym
- Freistaat Sachsen
- Established
- 1918
- Area
- 18,416 km² (7,110 mi²)
- Population density
- 220/km² (569/mi²)
- Highest point
- Fichtelberg (1,215 m (3,986 ft))
- Legislature
- Landtag of Saxony
- Human Development Index
- 0.953 (2023)
- Bundesrat votes
- 4
- Rank in Germany
- 9th of 16 by composite score
- Area rank
- 10th of 16 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Saxon Triangle
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Saxony metro footprint
4 metrosLoading map…
Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal
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4 tracked metros
#198Saxon Triangle
3.0M · Regional Hub
14.6
#278Dresden★ Capital
1.3M · Established Metro
9.7
#3831Plauen
66K · Local Metro
0.0
#3922Gorlitz
55K · Local Metro
0.0