# List of cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

In the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) there are 84 officially recognised towns and cities.
* 17 cities in Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
* 16 cities in Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim
* 14 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
* 13 cities in Landkreis Rostock
* 13 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
* 9 cities in Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg
In addition there are the two district-free cities of Rostock and Schwerin.

## District capitals

There are 6 district capitals in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
* Greifswald (Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald) Hanseatic city
* Güstrow (Landkreis Rostock)
* Neubrandenburg (Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte)
* Parchim (Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim)
* Stralsund (Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen) Hanseatic city
* Wismar (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg) Hanseatic city

## Table

You can sort the table by clicking one of the upper columns. Data from 2017 is included for 21 cities and communes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.
| City/Town | District | first mentioned | Town privileges | Area in km$^2$ | Pop. at Dec. 31, 2013 | 2017 est | 2017 pop. density |
| Altentreptow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1245 | 1245 | 52,83 | 5213 | | |
| Anklam | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1243 | 1264 | 56,57 | 12363 | 12,521 | 220.9/km² |
| Bad Doberan | Rostock | 1177 | 1879 | 32,74 | 13105 | 12,290 | 374.1/km² |
| Bad Sülze | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1243 | 1257 | 26,37 | 1764 | | |
| Barth | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1255 | 1255 | 40,83 | 8681 | | |
| Bergen auf Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1314 | 1613 | 51,42 | 13650 | 13,555 | 263.3/km² |
| Boizenburg/Elbe | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1158 | 1267 | 47,26 | 10881 | 10,630 | 224.1/km² |
| Brüel | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1222 | 1340 | 27,30 | 2620 | | |
| Burg Stargard | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1259 | 61,68 | 5306 | | |
| Bützow | Rostock | 1171 | 1236 | 39,70 | 8191 | | |
| Crivitz | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1302 | 1302 | 75,48 | 4760 | | |
| Dargun | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1172 | 1938 | 117,15 | 4318 | | |
| Dassow | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 66,54 | 4021 | | |
| Demmin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1070 | 1236 | 81,56 | 10293 | 10,865 | 132.4/km² |
| Dömitz | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1259 | 60,38 | 2967 | | |
| Eggesin | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1216 | 1966 | 88,01 | 4785 | | |
| Franzburg | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1587 | 15,19 | 1353 | | |
| Friedland | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1244 | 97,64 | 6550 | | |
| Gadebusch | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1194 | 1225 | 47,65 | 5459 | | |
| Garz/Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1207 | 1319 | 65,44 | 2256 | | |
| Gnoien | Rostock | 1257 | 1290 | 41,08 | 2867 | | |
| Goldberg | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1227 | 1248 | 64,85 | 3372 | | |
| Grabow | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1186 | 1252 | 47,68 | 5573 | | |
| Greifswald | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1241 | 1250 | 50,50 | 60071 | 58,886 | 1,159/km² |
| Grevesmühlen | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1226 | 1261 | 52,32 | 10398 | 10,410 | 198.7/km² |
| Grimmen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1267 | 1287 | 50,29 | 9649 | | |
| Güstrow | Rostock | 1222 | 1228 | 70,86 | 29582 | 29,429 | 414.0/km² |
| Gützkow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1301 | 1353 | 42,68 | 2955 | | |
| Hagenow | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1190 | 1754 | 67,44 | 12344 | 11,968 | 177.2/km² |
| Jarmen | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1269 | 1720 | 30,64 | 2846 | | |
| Klütz | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1188 | 1938 | 44,12 | 3128 | | |
| Krakow am See | Rostock | 1298 | 1467 | 87,07 | 3443 | | |
| Kröpelin | Rostock | 1177 | 1249 | 67,26 | 4816 | | |
| Kühlungsborn | Rostock | 1938 | 1938 | 16,16 | 8084 | | |
| Laage | Rostock | 1216 | 1336 | 81,27 | 6555 | | |
| Lassan | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1136 | 1274 | 27,98 | 1473 | | |
| Loitz | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1242 | 1242 | 89,53 | 4254 | | |
| Lübtheen | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1363 | 1938 | 119,69 | 4621 | | |
| Lübz | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1308 | 1456 | 49,12 | 6146 | | |
| Ludwigslust | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1754 | 1876 | 78,30 | 12420 | 12,267 | 195.7/km² |
| Malchin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236 | 1236 | 94,50 | 7231 | | |
| Malchow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1147 | 1235 | 44,60 | 6558 | | |
| Marlow | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1459 | 139,81 | 4673 | | |
| Mirow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1919 | 84,08 | 3871 | | |
| Neubrandenburg | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1248 | 1248 | 85,65 | 64390 | 64,259 | 746.2/km² |
| Neubukow | Rostock | 1260 | 1435 | 24,99 | 4019 | | |
| Neukalen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1174 | 1253 | 46,84 | 1753 | | |
| Neukloster | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 27,49 | 3974 | | |
| Neustadt-Glewe | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 93,91 | 6974 | | |
| Neustrelitz | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1733 | 138,15 | 20385 | 20,135 | 144.0/km² |
| Parchim | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1170 | 1226 | 106,61 | 18270 | 18,074 | 144.8/km² |
| Pasewalk | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1121 | 1251 | 54,99 | 9785 | 10,281 | 186.2/km² |
| Penkun | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1240 | 1269 | 78,63 | 1756 | | |
| Penzlin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1170 | 1263 | 115,47 | 4053 | | |
| Plau am See | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1226 | 115,99 | 6166 | | |
| Putbus | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1810 | 1810 | 66,60 | 4492 | | |
| Rehna | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1230 | 1791 | 22,52 | 3638 | | |
| Rerik | Rostock | 1238 | 1938 | 33,45 | 2186 | | |
| Ribnitz-Damgarten | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1950 | 1950 | 122,20 | 15729 | 15,197 | 123.7/km² |
| Richtenberg | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1297 | 15,63 | 1365 | | |
| Röbel/Müritz | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1261 | 30,17 | 5012 | | |
| Rostock | Kreisfreie Stadt | 1161 | 1218 | 181,44 | 210795 | 208,409 | 1,149/km² |
| Sassnitz | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1906 | 1957 | 46,45 | 9169 | | |
| Schönberg | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1822 | 38,09 | 4674 | | |
| Schwaan | Rostock | 1276 | 1276 | 38,28 | 5061 | | |
| Schwerin (state capital) | Kreisfreie Stadt | 1018 | 1160 | 130,46 | 98733 | 95,797 | 734.0/km² |
| Stavenhagen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1230 | 1264 | 40,84 | 5768 | | |
| Sternberg | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 67,67 | 3943 | | |
| Stralsund | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1234 | 1234 | 38,97 | 59450 | 59,517 | 1,099/km² |
| Strasburg (Uckermark) | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1250 | 1250 | 86,83 | 4399 | | |
| Tessin | Rostock | 1121 | 1343 | 24,52 | 4019 | | |
| Teterow | Rostock | 1215 | 1272 | 47,17 | 8459 | | |
| Torgelow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1281 | 1945 | 49,46 | 9269 | | |
| Tribsees | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1136 | 1285 | 54,75 | 2694 | | |
| Ueckermünde | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1178 | 1260 | 84,69 | 8638 | | |
| Usedom | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1128 | 1298 | 38,57 | 1723 | | |
| Waren (Müritz) | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1260 | 1260 | 158,39 | 21217 | 21,210 | 133.0/km² |
| Warin | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1178 | 1306 | 44,26 | 3271 | | |
| Wesenberg | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1252 | 1252 | 89,43 | 3029 | | |
| Wismar | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1147 | 1226 | 41,36 | 44022 | 42,906 | 1,028/km² |
| Wittenburg | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1154 | 1230 | 46,25 | 6418 | | |
| Woldegk | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236 | 1298 | 103,70 | 4209 | | |
| Wolgast | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1123 | 1257 | 61,52 | 12092 | 12,084 | 195.7/km² |
| Zarrentin am Schaalsee | Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1139 | 1938 | 91,89 | 5518 | | |

## Former cities on the current territory of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

| City | Coat of Arms | District | first mentioned | City from-until | |
| Altkalen | N/A | Rostock | 1174 | 1253–1281 | Town privileges given to Neukalen |
| Damgarten | | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1258 | 1258–1950 | 1950 fusion with Ribnitz to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
| Feldberg | | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1256 | 1919–1999 | on June 13, 1999 incorporated in Feldberger Seenlandschaft |
| Kummerow | | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1222 | 1255–1671 | after depopulation in 30-years-war |
| Ribnitz | | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1233–1950 | 1950 fusion with Damgarten to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
| Strelitz-Alt | | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1349–1931 | 1931 incorporation into Neustrelitz |