List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people
This is a list of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people ranked by population size. Unless otherwise noted, the data are based on the December 30, 2010 publication Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (translation: "Key figures on districts and neighbourhoods") of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Cities are here limited by the municipality boundaries (so that municipalities always have an equal or higher population size as the city). However, the CBS does not suggest which districts within a municipality should be considered part of a city, making the given population numbers arbitrary to some extent. For example Zaanstad, with 141,000 inhabitants, is excluded in the current version as the continuous urban area within its municipality is not considered one city by some.
| Rank | City | Population | Province | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amsterdam | 780,000 |  North Holland |
excl. Driemond and Landelijk Noord |
| 2 | Rotterdam | 611,000 |  South Holland |
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| 3 | The Hague | 500,000 | South Holland |
Dutch name: Den Haag |
| 4 | Utrecht | 312,634 |  Utrecht |
excl. Vleuten, De Meern, and Haarzuilens |
| 5 | Eindhoven | 213,809 |  North Brabant |
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| 6 | Tilburg | 203,492 | North Brabant |
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| 7 | Almere | 188,160 |  Flevoland |
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| 8 | Groningen | 187,298 |  Groningen |
excl. Engelbert, Hoogkerk, Middelbert and Noorderhoogebrug |
| 9 | Breda | 173,299 | North Brabant |
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| 10 | Nijmegen | 164,165 |  Gelderland |
excl. Lent and Oosterhout |
| 11 | Apeldoorn | 155,726 | Gelderland |
excl. Beekbergen, Hoenderloo, Hoog Soeren, Klarenbeek, Lieren, Loenen, Uddel and Ugchelen |
| 12 | Enschede | 154,017 |  Overijssel |
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| 13 | Haarlem | 150,611 | North Holland |
excl.Bloemendaal, Hillegom, Heemstede, Velsen, Overveen |
| 14 | Arnhem | 147,018 | Gelderland |
excl. Schaarsbergen |
| 15 | Amersfoort | 126,750 | Utrecht |
excl. Hoogland and Hooglanderveen |
| 16 | Dordrecht | 118,540 | South Holland |
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| 17 | Zoetermeer | 118,020 | South Holland |
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| 18 | Zwolle | 118,000 | Overijssel |
excl. Brinkhoek, Haerst, Herfte, Langenholte, Wijthmen and Windesheim |
| 19 | Leiden | 117,480 | South Holland |
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| 20 | Maastricht | 116,200 |  Limburg |
excl. Borgharen and Itteren |
| 21 | Ede | 107,476 | Gelderland |
CBS (1 January, 2007) |
| 22 | 's-Hertogenbosch | 102,220 | North Brabant |
excl. Bokhoven, Empel, Engelen, Kruisstraat, Maliskamp and Rosmalen |
| 23 | Venlo | 100,271 | Limburg |
