List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
- This is a list of largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. For largest city areas in the Europe, which the whole European Union not cover see the List of metropolitan areas in Europe . For a list of European cities by country, see List of cities in Europe.
This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits which have more than 300,000 inhabitants.[1] It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
As some cities have very narrow city limits and others very wide, the list may not give an accurate view of the comparative magnitude of different places, and the figures in the list should be treated with caution. For example, the populations of Greater London and Greater Paris constitute the largest urban areas in the EU, but the strict definition of the limits of the respective cities results in a far lower population shown in the table below.
List of the 100 largest cities
Note: The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population. Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.
Rank | City | Country | Eurostat population (2004)[2] | Official population | Date of census/estimate | References | Image |
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1 | London[3] | United Kingdom | 7,429,200 | 8,174,000 | 27 March 2011 | [4] | |
2 | Berlin | Germany | 3,387,828 | 3,501,872 | 31 December 2011 | [5] | |
3 | Madrid | Spain | 3,228,319 | 3,284,110 | 1 January 2011 | [6] | |
4 | Rome | Italy | 2,553,873 | 2,783,300 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
5 | Paris | France | 2,181,374 | 2,203,817 | 1 January 2007 | [8] | |
6 | Hamburg[9] | Germany | 1,734,830 | {{nts|1802041} | 30 March 2012 | [10] | |
7 | Warsaw | Poland | 1,716,855 | 1,777,000 | 31 March 2011 | [11] | File:Warsaw6vb.jpg |
8 | Budapest | Hungary | 1,695,814 | 1,733,685 | 1 January 2011 | [12] | |
9 | Vienna | Austria | 1,598,626 | 1,730,278 | 1 January 2012 | [13] | |
10 | Bucharest | Romania | 1,927,448 | 1,677,985 | 20 October 2011 | [14] | |
11 | Barcelona | Spain | 1,621,537 | 1,621,537 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | File:Barcelona Finanse Center (skyline).jpg |
12 | Munich | Germany | 1,249,176 | 1,378,176 | 31 December 2011 | [15] | |
13 | Milan | Italy | 1,299,439 | 1,342,337 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | File:Porta Nuova Skyline.jpg |
14 | Prague | Czech Republic | 1,290,846 | 1,290,846 | 17 June 2011 | [16] | |
15 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,313,806 | 1,204,685 | February 2011 | [17] | |
16 | Brussels[18] | Belgium | 999,899 | 1,119,088 | 1 January 2011 | [19] | |
17 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 992,400 | 1,016,800 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
18 | Cologne | Germany | 969,709 | 1,000,298 | 31 May 2009 | [20] | |
19 | Naples | Italy | 995,171 | 957,838 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
20 | Turin | Italy | 902,255 | 906,057 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
21 | Stockholm | Sweden | 761,721 | 861,010 | 30 September 2011 | [21] | |
22 | Marseille | France | 1,023,973 | 850,602 | 2009 | [22] | |
23 | Valencia | Spain | 1,294,732 | 814,208 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
24 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 767,849 | 789,285 | 1 January 2012 | [23] | |
25 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 443,247 | 770,800 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
26 | Kraków | Poland | 757,430 | 756,666 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
27 | Łódź | Poland | 744,541 | 750,125 | 1 January 2009 | [11] | |
28 | Athens | Greece | 796,442 | 745,514 | 1 January 2001 | [24] | |
29 | Riga | Latvia | 735,241 | 713,000 | 1 January 2009 | [25] | |
30 | Sevilla | Spain | 704,203 | 703,206 | 1 January 2009 | [26] | |
31 | Frankfurt | Germany | 646,889 | 691,518 | Error in Template:Date table sorting: 'Dezember' is not a valid month | [27] | |
32 | Zaragoza | Spain | 638,799 | 674,317 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
33 | Palermo | Italy | 675,277 | 654,211 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
34 | Wrocław | Poland | 636,268 | 633,950 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
35 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 598,923 | 615,937 | 1 January 2012 | [23] | |
36 | Genoa | Italy | 605,084 | 607,280 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
37 | Helsinki | Finland | 559,716 | 600,551 | 30 April 2011 | [28] | |
38 | Stuttgart | Germany | 590,657 | 595,452 | 28 February 2007 | [29] | |
39 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 572,663 | 592,393 | 31 December 2011 | [30] | |
40 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 629,501 | 581,900 | 30 June 2007 | [4] | |
41 | Dortmund | Germany | 588,680 | 580,444 | 31 December 2010 | [23] | |
42 | Essen | Germany | 588,084 | 574,635 | 31 December 2010 | [31] | |
43 | Málaga | Spain | 547,731 | 568,305 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
44 | Poznań | Poland | 570,778 | 564,035 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
45 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 552,800 | 553,553 | 1 January 2006 | [32] | |
46 | Bremen | Germany | 545,932 | 548,477 | 11 November 2006 | [33] | |
47 | Sheffield | United Kingdom | 516,100 | 534,500 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
48 | Leipzig | Germany | 498,491 | 533,374 | 31 March 2012 | [34] | |
49 | Dresden | Germany | 487,421 | 530,548 | 31 March 2012 | [34] | |
50 | Dublin | Ireland | 471,841 | 525,383 | 10 April 2011 | [35] | |
51 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 501,664 | 520,659 | 1 April 2009 | [36] | |
52 | Hannover | Germany | 515,841 | 517,251 | 30 September 2007 | [37] | |
53 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 466,990[38] | 507,330 | 31 December 2009 | [21] | |
54 | Bradford | United Kingdom | 481,100 | 501,700 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
55 | Nuremberg | Germany | 495,302 | 500,967 | 28 February 2007 | [39] | |
56 | Lisbon | Portugal | 529,485 | 499,700 | 31 December 2007 | [40] | |
57 | Duisburg | Germany | N/A | 496,665 | 31 December 2007 | [41] | |
58 | Antwerp | Belgium | 455,148 | 493,517 | 1 January 2011 | [19] | |
59 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 453,700 | 477,660 | 30 June 2009 | [4][42] | |
60 | The Hague | Netherlands | 469,059 | 473,941 | 1 January 2007 | [23] | |
61 | Lyon | France | 1,226,249 | 472,304 | 2006 | [43] | |
62 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 437,000 | 503,000 | 27 March 2011 | [4] | |
63 | Gdańsk | Poland | 459,072 | 456,103 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
64 | Toulouse | France | 651,586 | 437,715 | 2006 | [44] | |
65 | Murcia | Spain | 398,815 | 436,870 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
66 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 444,500 | 434,900 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
67 | Bratislava | Slovakia | 425,155 | 431,061 | 31 December 2009 | [45] | |
68 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 393,900 | 421,300 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
69 | Szczecin | Poland | 411,900 | 408,583 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
70 | Brno | Czech Republic | 367,729 | 403,407 | 17 June 2011 | [46] | |
71 | Palma | Spain | 368,974 | 401,270 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
72 | Tallinn | Estonia | 392,306 | 396,193 | 1 January 2006 | [47] | |
73 | Bologna | Italy | 374,425 | 382,635 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
74 | Bochum | Germany | 388,179 | 382,195 | 30 June 2007 | [48] | |
75 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 376,953 | 381,847 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
76 | Florence | Italy | 368,059 | 373,077 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
77 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 386,627 | 363,987 | 18 March 2001 | [49] | |
78 | Bydgoszcz | Poland | 368,235 | 362,397 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
79 | Kaunas | Lithuania | 368,913 | 360,630 | 1 January 2006 | [32] | |
80 | Wuppertal | Germany | 361,077 | 358,746 | 30 June 2006 | [48] | |
81 | Bilbao | Spain | 352,317 | 354,860 | 1 January 2009 | [6] | |
82 | Lublin | Poland | 355,998 | 352,786 | 30 June 2007 | [11] | |
83 | Nice | France | 478,850[50] | 347,060 | 2006 | [51] | |
84 | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | N/A | 338,153 | February 2011 | [17] | |
85 | Varna | Bulgaria | N/A | 334,870 | February 2011 | [17] | |
86 | Alicante | Spain | 310,330 | 334,757 | 1 January 2008 | [52] | |
87 | Córdoba | Spain | 314,178 | 328,428 | 1 January 2009 | [52] | |
88 | Bielefeld | Germany | 328,012 | 326,268 | 30 June 2006 | [53] | |
89 | Wakefield | United Kingdom | N/A | 322,300 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
90 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 341,054 | 321,000 | 30 June 2007 | [4] | |
91 | Bari | Italy | 328,458 | 319,442 | 30 November 2011 | [7] | |
92 | Valladolid | Spain | 321,713 | 318,461 | 1 January 2008 | [52] | File:Valladolid(Avenida Salamanca).jpg |
93 | Katowice | Poland | 319,904 | 317,864 | 1 January 2009 | [11] | |
94 | Aarhus | Denmark | N/A | 315,193 | 1 April 2012 | .[54] | |
95 | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 311,402 | 310,397 | 17 June 2011 | [55] | |
96 | Coventry | United Kingdom | 304,200 | 309,800 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
97 | Wirral | United Kingdom | 313,100 | 309,500 | 27 August 2008 | [4] | |
98 | Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 311,528 | 309,136 | 20 October 2011 | [56] | |
99 | Timişoara | Romania | 303,908 | 303,708 | 20 October 2011 | [57] | |
100 | Mannheim | Germany | N/A | 300,793 | 31 December 2009 | [58] |
See also
- largest cities in Europe
- Largest urban areas of the European Union
- Largest metropolitan areas (LUZ) in the European Union
- List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population
- Largest population centres in the European Union
- Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of cities in the European Union with more than 100,000 inhabitants
- List of cities in Europe
- List of cities proper by population
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- List of urban areas by population
- List of largest cities in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries
- World's largest cities
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