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Best places to live in Greater Chemnitz

48 municipalities with 522,617 residents within about 25 km of Chemnitz, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Chemnitz, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    57
  2. 2Zschopau
    Erzgebirgskreis, 8,980 residents    56
  3. 3Lugau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 7,771 residents    56
  4. 4Thalheim/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 5,961 residents    55
  5. 5Mittweida
    Mittelsachsen, 14,198 residents    54
  6. 6Burkhardtsdorf
    Erzgebirgskreis, 6,029 residents    54
  7. 7Burgstädt
    Mittelsachsen, 10,402 residents    54
  8. 8Gornau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 3,736 residents    54
  9. 9Flöha
    Mittelsachsen, 10,426 residents    54
  10. 10Amtsberg
    Erzgebirgskreis, 3,600 residents    54

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For retired couples

  1. 1Mittweida
    Mittelsachsen, 14,198 residents    69
  2. 2Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    69
  3. 3Lugau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 7,771 residents    68
  4. 4Zschopau
    Erzgebirgskreis, 8,980 residents    68
  5. 5Hohndorf
    Erzgebirgskreis, 3,450 residents    67
  6. 6Thalheim/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 5,961 residents    67
  7. 7Burgstädt
    Mittelsachsen, 10,402 residents    66
  8. 8Bernsdorf
    Zwickau, 2,108 residents    65
  9. 9Gornau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 3,736 residents    65
  10. 10Rossau
    Mittelsachsen, 3,467 residents    64

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For remote workers

  1. 1Flöha
    Mittelsachsen, 10,426 residents    77
  2. 2Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    77
  3. 3Lugau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 7,771 residents    77
  4. 4Mittweida
    Mittelsachsen, 14,198 residents    77
  5. 5Thalheim/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 5,961 residents    76
  6. 6Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 10,883 residents    76
  7. 7Burgstädt
    Mittelsachsen, 10,402 residents    75
  8. 8Lichtenau
    Mittelsachsen, 6,992 residents    74
  9. 9Oberlungwitz
    Zwickau, 5,812 residents    74
  10. 10Zschopau
    Erzgebirgskreis, 8,980 residents    74

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For commuters

  1. 1Chemnitz
    Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt, 250,681 residents    75
  2. 2Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    69
  3. 3Hohenstein-Ernstthal
    Zwickau, 13,937 residents    66
  4. 4Oberlungwitz
    Zwickau, 5,812 residents    65
  5. 5Neukirchen/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 6,904 residents    63
  6. 6Gersdorf
    Zwickau, 3,756 residents    62
  7. 7Flöha
    Mittelsachsen, 10,426 residents    62
  8. 8Hartmannsdorf
    Mittelsachsen, 4,435 residents    61
  9. 9Niederwiesa
    Mittelsachsen, 4,714 residents    60
  10. 10Burkhardtsdorf
    Erzgebirgskreis, 6,029 residents    60

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For single professionals

  1. 1Chemnitz
    Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt, 250,681 residents    65
  2. 2Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    45
  3. 3Hohenstein-Ernstthal
    Zwickau, 13,937 residents    44
  4. 4Neukirchen/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 6,904 residents    43
  5. 5Oberlungwitz
    Zwickau, 5,812 residents    42
  6. 6Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 10,883 residents    35
  7. 7Thalheim/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 5,961 residents    35
  8. 8Lugau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 7,771 residents    35
  9. 9Burgstädt
    Mittelsachsen, 10,402 residents    35
  10. 10Stollberg/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 11,033 residents    34

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 10,883 residents    75
  2. 2Oberlungwitz
    Zwickau, 5,812 residents    74
  3. 3Stollberg/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 11,033 residents    74
  4. 4Limbach-Oberfrohna
    Zwickau, 23,923 residents    74
  5. 5Thalheim/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 5,961 residents    74
  6. 6Hohenstein-Ernstthal
    Zwickau, 13,937 residents    74
  7. 7Lugau/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 7,771 residents    74
  8. 8Hohndorf
    Erzgebirgskreis, 3,450 residents    73
  9. 9Zschopau
    Erzgebirgskreis, 8,980 residents    73
  10. 10Neukirchen/Erzgeb.
    Erzgebirgskreis, 6,904 residents    73

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Towns in Greater Chemnitz