Chemnitz (region)

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title: "Chemnitz (region)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geography-of-saxony", "nuts-2-statistical-regions-of-the-european-union", "states-and-territories-established-in-1991", "former-government-regions-of-germany", "nuts-2-statistical-regions-of-germany"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemnitz_(region)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Chemnitz
native_name	Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz
native_name_lang	de
settlement_type	Direktionsbezirk
image_map	Saxony Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz.png
map_caption	Map of Saxony highlighting the former Direktionsbezirk of Chemnitz
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Germany
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Saxony
extinct_title	Disestablished
extinct_date	1 March 2012
seat_type	Region seat
seat	Chemnitz
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	6522
population_total	1526091
population_as_of	31 Dec. 2010
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	GDP
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Total
demographics1_info1	€46.588 billion (2022)
website	www.ldc.sachsen.de
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History

The Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk Chemnitz. The territory of the Regierungsbezirk Chemnitz was slightly smaller, and excluded the former district of Döbeln.

Subdivision

Kreise (districts)

1. Erzgebirgskreis
2. Mittelsachsen
3. Vogtlandkreis
4. Zwickau Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
5. Chemnitz

References

References

1. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".

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