Cities near Ilmenau

Ilmenau is a city of 38,834 inhabitants in Germany. The most populous cities near Ilmenau within 100 km are Erfurt, Jena, Gera. Distances are measured as the crow flies.

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Latitude: 50.6832° Longitude: 10.9186° Population: 38,834 Timezone: Europe/Berlin
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Nearby cities 70 cities found

Sorted by population, from largest to smallest. Distances are measured as the crow flies.

City Country Distance Population
Erfurt Germany 33.7 km 218,793
Jena Germany 54.5 km 104,712
Gera Germany 84.7 km 104,659
Bayreuth Germany 94.3 km 72,940
Bamberg Germany 87.2 km 70,047
Plauen Germany 88.5 km 66,412
Weimar Germany 43.8 km 64,727
Fulda Germany 88.9 km 63,760
Schweinfurt Germany 86.1 km 54,012
Hof Germany 81.5 km 49,239
Gotha Germany 33.2 km 46,615
Nordhausen Germany 91.4 km 43,912
Suhl Germany 17.9 km 43,509
Coburg Germany 47.2 km 41,901
Eisenach Germany 53.8 km 40,747
Mühlhausen Germany 67.0 km 38,108
Weißenfels Germany 93.4 km 37,929
Bad Hersfeld Germany 87.6 km 30,725
Naumburg Germany 81.2 km 29,722
Zeitz Germany 94.7 km 28,328
Saalfeld Germany 31.7 km 28,023
Kulmbach Germany 74.9 km 27,565
Arnstadt Germany 17.6 km 25,678
Rudolstadt Germany 30.0 km 24,852
Apolda Germany 56.7 km 24,793
Greiz Germany 90.3 km 24,147
Sonneberg Germany 40.3 km 23,908
Sangerhausen Germany 91.6 km 23,347
Reichenbach/Vogtland Germany 97.9 km 22,530
Sondershausen Germany 76.4 km 21,802
Meiningen Germany 37.8 km 21,580
Lusan Germany 82.6 km 21,507
Lichtenfels Germany 60.6 km 21,336
Bad Kissingen Germany 80.0 km 21,328
Eschwege Germany 82.3 km 21,191
Sömmerda Germany 54.7 km 20,853
Schmalkalden Germany 33.7 km 19,553
Kronach Germany 57.4 km 18,248
Heilbad Heiligenstadt Germany 94.6 km 17,230
Bad Langensalza Germany 50.9 km 16,717
Bad Salzungen Germany 50.2 km 16,410
Petersberg Germany 86.1 km 16,410
Hünfeld Germany 81.1 km 16,323
Künzell Germany 86.1 km 16,124
Zeulenroda-Triebes Germany 75.2 km 15,677
Bad Neustadt an der Saale Germany 64.4 km 15,434
Bebra Germany 85.3 km 14,839
Neustadt bei Coburg Germany 41.8 km 14,824
Zeulenroda Germany 75.1 km 13,763
Leinefelde-Worbis Germany 88.6 km 13,740
Rödental Germany 44.0 km 13,712
Haßfurt Germany 77.5 km 13,562
Rotenburg an der Fulda Germany 90.5 km 12,937
Oelsnitz Germany 93.3 km 12,686
Zella-Mehlis Germany 18.4 km 12,157
Hammelburg Germany 96.3 km 12,004
Pößneck Germany 47.5 km 11,960
Hildburghausen Germany 31.5 km 11,632
Münchberg Germany 82.5 km 11,557
Hirschaid Germany 96.4 km 11,508
Waltershausen Germany 34.9 km 11,445
Eisenberg Germany 76.0 km 11,438
Neuhof Germany 95.4 km 11,422
Schwarzenbach an der Saale Germany 88.3 km 11,375
Eichenzell Germany 88.7 km 11,042
Bad Staffelstein Germany 64.9 km 10,618
Debschwitz Germany 83.4 km 10,540
Schlitz Germany 95.7 km 10,258
Rehau Germany 92.5 km 10,058
Werneck Germany 97.3 km 10,051

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