The City of Leipzig in Germany (in German it’s Leipzig)

§ Leipzig: brief information about the city

The City of Leipzig, in German Leipzig, with a population size of about 617'000 people is one of the largest cities of Germany, covering an area of 298 km², the city is located in the eastern part of Germany (formerly the German Democratic Republic) in the federated state of Saxony (The capital of the federated state is the City of Дрезден). The population density of the city is 2'069 people per 1 km². Leipzig is a metropolitan area with a population size exceeding 0.8 million people. The city is part of the metropolitan region: Central German metropolitan region, with a population size of 2.4 million people. Read more at all metropolitan areas and metropolitan cities of Germany.

§ Leipzig population, population density

The table below contains the population statistics for the City of Leipzig versus the mean value per 1 city in Germany. This gives an idea of the city size and its population. Population data is sourced from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.

The population of the city of Leipzig in 2023.

§ Leipzig local time

The City of Leipzig, like all other cities in Germany, has a single time zone, so the exact local time in the City of Leipzig is the same as in all the cities of Germany:

Postal code(s) of the City of Leipzig

The major postal code in the City of Leipzig is 4109 (it consists of 5 digits, like all postal codes in Germany).

However, the following postal codes also apply to the city, depending on the city part: 04103, 04105, 04107, 04109, 04129, 04155, 04157, 04158, 04159, 04177, 04178, 04179, 04205, 04207, 04209, 04229, 04249, 04275, 04277, 04279, 04288, 04289, 04299, 04315, 04316, 04317, 04318, 04319, 04328, 04329, 04347, 04349, 04356, 04357.

§ City of Leipzig on the map

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§ City of Leipzig phone code (or area, dialling code, international prefix)

For telephone calls to the City of Leipzig, use its telephone code 341. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line) prior to the city code, that is 0 341, and then dial the subscriber's phone number. For calls from other countries, first dial the international access code (which, for example, in UK is: “00”, two zeros), then the code of Germany 49, then the city code 341 and the subscriber's phone number, for example: 00 49 341 1234123.

The City of Leipzig: population, local time, code, ZIP