Amt Ruhland

The coat of arms of Amt Ruhland

Location of Amt Ruhland within the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg

Amt Ruhland is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Ruhland.

The Amt Ruhland consists of the following municipalities:

1. Grünewald
2. Guteborn
3. Hermsdorf
4. Hohenbocka
5. Ruhland
6. Schwarzbach

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 Ruhland: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 4,276 —     1890 4,648 +0.56% 1910 6,226 +1.47% 1925 7,352 +1.11% 1939 9,518 +1.86% 1950 11,187 +1.48% 1964 10,605 −0.38%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 10,362 −0.33% 1981 9,313 −1.06% 1985 9,027 −0.78% 1990 8,607 −0.95% 1995 8,285 −0.76% 2000 8,628 +0.81% 2005 8,244 −0.91%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 7,725 −1.29% 2015 7,170 −1.48% 2016 7,181 +0.15% 2017 7,134 −0.65% 2018 7,122 −0.17% 2019 7,163 +0.58% 2020 7,212 +0.68%