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

• 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)
  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)
• 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)
  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%