Amt Plessa

Amt Plessa is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Elbe-Elster, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Plessa.

The Amt Plessa consists of the following municipalities:

1. Gorden-Staupitz
2. Hohenleipisch
3. Plessa
4. Schraden

Demography

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  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Amt Plessa: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 4,131 —     1890 4,722 +0.90% 1910 6,746 +1.80% 1925 7,723 +0.91% 1939 9,257 +1.30% 1950 11,382 +1.90% 1964 10,345 −0.68%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 10,222 −0.17% 1981 9,249 −1.00% 1985 8,934 −0.86% 1990 8,454 −1.10% 1995 8,339 −0.27% 2000 8,136 −0.49% 2005 7,504 −1.60%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 6,671 −2.33% 2015 6,240 −1.33% 2016 6,187 −0.85% 2017 6,140 −0.76% 2018 6,120 −0.33% 2019 6,024 −1.57% 2020 5,974 −0.83%