Plauen is the biggest city of the Vogtlandkreis in the southwest of Saxony. It is the fifth-largest city in the state. Only Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau are larger.
Plauen was a Kreisfreie stadt until July 2008. Since 1. August 2008 Plauen ist Part of the Vogtlandkreis.
The nearest large cities are Zwickau, about 35 kilometres (21.7 miles) northeast and Gera, about 41 kilometres (25.5 miles) north of Plauen.
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