Meerane

Meerane
Meerane
Town
	Saint Martins Church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Meerane within Zwickau district
	Meerane Meerane
	Coordinates: 50°51′7″N 12°27′49″E / 50.85194°N 12.46361°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Zwickau
Municipal assoc.	Meerane-Schönberg
Subdivisions	Kernstadt, 4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Jörg Schmeißer (CDU)
Area
• Total	19.77 km2 (7.63 sq mi)
Elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	13,888
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	08393
Dialling codes	03764
Vehicle registration	Z
Website	www.meerane.de

Meerane (German: [meˈʁaːnə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Zwickau district of Saxony, Germany. It lies midway between the towns of Altenburg and Zwickau, west of Chemnitz.

As of 31 December 2015, there were 14,851 inhabitants.^[3] The population has declined from a peak of over 26,000 in the 1940s.

Meerane was once important for the manufacture of woollen and mixed cloths; associated industries such as dyeworks, tanneries and machine factories were also located there.

^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ "Aktuelles". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-01.

[1] Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.

[2] "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

[3] "Aktuelles". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-01.

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