Plessa (Amt)

Plessa is an Amt ("municipal federation") 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

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)

Amt Plessa:
Population development within the current boundaries^[1]

Year Population 1875 4 131 1890 4 722 1910 6 746 1925 7 723 1933 8 847 1939 9 257 1946 10 993 1950 11 382 1964 10 345 1971 10 222

Year Population 1981 9 249 1985 8 934 1989 8 561 1990 8 454 1991 8 281 1992 8 210 1993 8 492 1994 8 583 1995 8 339 1996 8 457

Year Population 1997 8 430 1998 8 470 1999 8 259 2000 8 136 2001 8 100 2002 7 999 2003 7 806 2004 7 764 2005 7 504 2006 7 248

Year Population 2007 7 033 2008 6 890 2009 6 794 2010 6 671 2011 6 643 2012 6 531

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[2]

1. Boundaries as of 2013
2. Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 51°28′59″N 13°37′59″E / 51.483°N 13.633°E