Dresden (region)
Dresden
Direktionsbezirk Dresden | |
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Country | Germany |
State | Saxony |
Disestablished | 1 March 2012 |
Region seat | Dresden |
Area | |
• Total | 7,931 km2 (3,062 sq mi) |
Population (31 Dec. 2010) | |
• Total | 1,626,870 |
• Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Website | www.rp-dresden.de |
Dresden is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincided with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.
It was disbanded in March 2012.
History[]
The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Dresden Government Region.
Administrative divisions[]
Kreise (districts) |
Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) |
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See also[]
- Bezirk Dresden
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Categories:
- Geography of Saxony
- NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
- States and territories established in 1991
- Former government regions of Germany