Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Districts and County towns

According to the administrative regional structure of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(in effect since June 12, 1994), the province is divided into 18 precincts.
6 of these are independent communities and 12 are rural districts.

County Towns		Population	Area in km²
County Towns		as of: 30.06.2004
1	State Capital Schwerin	97 491	130
2	Hanseatic City Greifswald	52 860	50
3	Hanseatic City Rostock	197 754	181
4	Hanseatic City Stralsund	58 978	39
5	Hanseatic City Wismar	45 587	42
6	City of Neubrandenburg	68 877	86
Districts
7	Bad Doberan	119 743	1 362
8	Demmin	89 249	1 921
9	Guestrow	108 065	2 058
10	Ludwigslust	129 954	2 517
11	Mecklenburg-Strelitz	85 093	2 089
12	Mueritz	68 545	1 713
13	North Vorpommern	114 551	2 168
14	Northwest Mecklenburg	120 576	2 075
15	Ostvorpommern	111 501	1 910
16	Parchim	104 764	2 233
17	Ruegen	72 685	975
18	Uecker-Randow	79 731	1 624

	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1 726 004	23 174