Leipzig is the most populous city in the Germanstate of Saxony. With a population of 605,407 inhabitants as of 2021^[6][7] (1.1 million^[8] residents in the larger urban zone),^[1] it is Germany’s eighth most populous city^[9][10] as well as the second most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the largest city of the neighbouring state of Saxony-Anhalt, the city forms the polycentric conurbation of Leipzig-Halle.^{[citation needed]} Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport.