Swabia (Government Region)

Swabia Schwaben
Regierungsbezirk
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Bavaria highlighting Swabia
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Region seat	Augsburg
Area
• Total	9,993.97 km^2 (3,858.69 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	1,945,978
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Website	Schwaben

Swabia (Government Region) (German: Schwaben, Bavarian: Schwobm, Swabian: Schwaabe) or known as Bavarian Swabia (German: Bayerischer-Schwaben, Bavarian: Boarischa-Schwobm, Swabian: Bayrischa-Schwaabe) is one of the seven Regierungsbezirke of Bavaria, Germany. It is in southwest Bavaria.

There are 3 regions (Planungsregionen) in Swabia with the following rural districts and district-free towns/cities:
Allgäu: rural districts: Lindau, Oberallgäu and Ostallgäu; district-free towns: Kaufbeuren and Kempten;
Augsburg: rural districts: Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries and the district-free city Augsburg;
Donau-Iller: in Bavaria: rural districts: Günzburg, Neu-Ulm and Unterallgäu and the district-free town Memmingen; in Baden-Württemberg: rural districts: Alb-Donau and Biberach and the district-free city Ulm;

Landkreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)	Natural regions
Aichach-Friedberg Augsburg Dillingen Donau-Ries Günzburg Lindau Neu-Ulm Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Unterallgäu	Augsburg Kaufbeuren Kempten Memmingen	Nördlingen Ries* Swabian Jura Iller-Lech Plateau Southern Alpine Foreland Swabian-Bavarian Pre-Alps Northern Limestone Alps Upper Swabia

* Part of the Swabian Keuper Land

Population

Historical Population of Swabia:

• 1939: 934,311
• 1950: 1,293,734
• 1961: 1,340,217
• 1970: 1,467,454
• 1987: 1,546,504
• 2002: 1,776,465
• 2005: 1,788,919
• 2006: 1,786,764

References

1. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .

Other websites

• Official website