List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
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This is a list of the 100 largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits.[1] It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or Larger Urban Zones (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 Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table below.
100 largest cities
Note: The cities are sorted by the column labelled Official population (actual). Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries; Brussels (italics) is the capital of both Belgium and the EU.
Rank | City | State | Official population | Date of census/estimate | References | Image | |
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1 | London[2] | ![]() |
8,615,246 | 1 June 2014 | [3] | ![]() | |
2 | Berlin | ![]() |
3,562,166 | 31 December 2014 | [4] | ![]() |
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3 | Madrid | ![]() |
3,165,235 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ||
4 | Athens | ![]() |
3,090,508 | 24 May 2011 | [6] | ![]() | |
5 | Rome | ![]() |
2,874,038 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ||
6 | Paris | ![]() |
2,273,305 | 1 January 2013 | [8] | ![]() | |
7 | Bucharest | ![]() |
1,903,425 | 20 October 2014 | [9] | ![]() | |
8 | Vienna | ![]() |
1,812,604 | 1 July 2015 | [10] | ![]() | |
9 | Hamburg[11] | ![]() |
1,760,433 | 30 November 2014 | [12] | ![]() | |
10 | Budapest | ![]() |
1,744,000 | 11 September 2014 | [13] | ![]() | |
11 | Warsaw | ![]() |
1,740,119 | 31 March 2014 | [14] | ![]() | |
12 | Barcelona | ![]() |
1,602,386 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ||
13 | Munich | ![]() |
1,493,900 | 28 February 2015 | [15] | ![]() | |
14 | Sofia | ![]() |
1,362,557 | 15 March 2015 | [16] | ![]() | |
16 | Prague | ![]() |
1,261,715 | 31 March 2015 | [18] | ![]() | |
17 | Brussels[19] | ![]() |
1,175,831 | 1 January 2014 | [20] | ![]() | |
18 | Birmingham | ![]() |
1,092,330 | 30 June 2013 | [3] | ![]() | |
19 | Cologne | ![]() |
1,057,327 | 31 December 2014 | [21] | ![]() | |
20 | Naples | ![]() |
989,160 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
21 | Stockholm | ![]() |
911,989 | 31 January 2014 | [22] | ![]() | |
22 | Turin | ![]() |
897,265 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
23 | Marseille | ![]() |
852,516 | 31 December 2012 | [23] | ![]() | |
24 | Amsterdam | ![]() |
825,080 | 30 March 2015 | [24] | ![]() | |
25 | Zagreb | ![]() |
790,017 | 31 March 2011 | [25] | ![]() | |
26 | Valencia | ![]() |
786,424 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ![]() | |
27 | Kraków | ![]() |
760,700 | 31 March 2014 | [14] | ||
28 | Leeds | ![]() |
757,655 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
29 | Łódź | ![]() |
709,757 | 31 March 2014 | [14] | ![]() | |
30 | Frankfurt | ![]() |
709,395 | 30 June 2014 | [26] | ![]() | |
31 | Seville | ![]() |
696,676 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ||
32 | Palermo | ![]() |
676,118 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
33 | Zaragoza | ![]() |
666,058 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ![]() | |
34 | Riga | ![]() |
641,007 | 1 July 2015 | [27] | ![]() | |
35 | Wrocław | ![]() |
632,432 | 31 March 2014 | [14] | ||
36 | Helsinki | ![]() |
626,305 | 30 June 2015 | [28] | ![]() | |
37 | Rotterdam | ![]() |
616,528 | 31 January 2013 | [29] | ![]() | |
38 | Stuttgart | ![]() |
604,297 | 31 December 2013 | [30] | ![]() | |
39 | Glasgow | ![]() |
596,550 | 31 December 2013 | [31] | ![]() | |
40 | Düsseldorf | ![]() |
593,682 | 31 December 2012 | [21] | ||
41 | Genoa | ![]() |
592,995 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
42 | Copenhagen | ![]() |
583,348 | 1 January 2015 | [32] | ![]() | |
43 | Dortmund | ![]() |
575,944 | 31 December 2013 | [21] | File:DK DO Skyline 300ppi CC BY NC SA-20140223-3068.jpg | |
44 | Essen | ![]() |
569,884 | 31 December 2013 | [21] | ![]() | |
45 | Málaga | ![]() |
566,913 | 1 January 2014 | [5] | ![]() | |
46 | Sheffield | ![]() |
557,382 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
47 | Lisbon | ![]() |
547,631 | 1 January 2011 | [33] | ![]() | |
48 | Poznań | ![]() |
547,161 | 31 March 2014 | [14] | ![]() | |
49 | Bremen | ![]() |
546,451 | 31 December 2012 | [34] | ||
50 | Gothenburg | ![]() |
541,145 | 31 December 2014 | [35] | ![]() | |
51 | Leipzig | ![]() |
531,562 | 31 December 2013 | [36] | ![]() | |
52 | Dresden | ![]() |
530,754 | 31 December 2013 | [36] | ![]() | |
53 | Vilnius | ![]() |
537,152 | 1 January 2013 | [37] | ![]() | |
54 | Dublin | ![]() |
527,612 | 10 April 2011 | [38] | ![]() | |
55 | Bradford | ![]() |
524,619 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ||
56 | Hanover | ![]() |
521,682 | 30 September 2014 | [39] | ||
57 | The Hague | ![]() |
510,909 | 1 May 2014 | [40] | ||
58 | Manchester | ![]() |
510,772 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
59 | Antwerp | ![]() |
510,610 | 1 January 2014 | [41] | ![]() | |
60 | Nuremberg | ![]() |
500,096 | 30 September 2014 | [15] | ![]() | |
61 | Edinburgh | ![]() |
495,360 | 30 June 2011 | [31] | ![]() | |
62 | Lyon | ![]() |
491,268 | 31 December 2011 | [42] | ![]() | |
63 | Duisburg | ![]() |
486,816 | 31 December 2012 | [21] | ![]() | |
64 | Liverpool | ![]() |
469,690 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
65 | Gdańsk | ![]() |
460,354 | 30 June 2012 | [14] | ![]() | |
66 | Toulouse | ![]() |
447,340 | 31 December 2011 | [43] | ![]() | |
67 | Murcia | ![]() |
441,354 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ||
68 | Tallinn | ![]() |
434,810 | 1 February 2015 | [44] | ![]() | |
69 | Bristol | ![]() |
432,451 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
70 | Bratislava | ![]() |
417,389 | 31 December 2013 | [45] | ![]() | |
71 | Szczecin | ![]() |
409,211 | 30 June 2012 | [14] | ![]() | |
72 | Palma de Mallorca | ![]() |
407,648 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ||
73 | Bologna | ![]() |
386,171 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
74 | Plovdiv | ![]() |
382,737 | 15 March 2015 | [46] | ![]() | |
75 | Las Palmas | ![]() |
382,296 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ![]() | |
76 | Florence | ![]() |
380,226 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
77 | Brno | ![]() |
378,327 | 1 January 2013 | [18] | ![]() | |
78 | Varna | ![]() |
364,537 | 15 March 2015 | [46] | ![]() | |
79 | Bydgoszcz | ![]() |
362,286 | 30 June 2012 | [14] | ![]() | |
80 | Bochum | ![]() |
362,213 | 31 December 2012 | [21] | ![]() | |
81 | Bilbao | ![]() |
351,629 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ![]() | |
82 | Cardiff | ![]() |
348,493 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
83 | Lublin | ![]() |
348,120 | 30 June 2012 | [14] | ![]() | |
84 | Nice | ![]() |
344,064 | 31 December 2011 | [47] | ![]() | |
85 | Wuppertal | ![]() |
342,885 | 31 December 2012 | [21] | ![]() | |
86 | Alicante | ![]() |
340,678 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ||
87 | Coventry | ![]() |
337,428 | 30 June 2014 | [48] | ||
88 | Belfast | ![]() |
333,871 | 27 March 2011 | [49] | ![]() | |
89 | Leicester | ![]() |
331,606 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
90 | Utrecht | ![]() |
330,772 | 1 May 2014 | [50] | ![]() | |
91 | Córdoba | ![]() |
328,841 | 1 January 2012 | [5] | ![]() | |
92 | Bielefeld | ![]() |
328,314 | 31 December 2012 | [21] | ![]() | |
93 | Wakefield | ![]() |
327,627 | 30 June 2012 | [3] | ![]() | |
94 | Aarhus | ![]() |
326,676 | 1 October 2014 | .[51] | ![]() | |
95 | Cluj-Napoca | ![]() |
324,576 | 20 October 2011 | [52] | ![]() | |
96 | Bari | ![]() |
321,008 | 30 November 2014 | [7] | ![]() | |
97 | Thessaloniki | ![]() |
325,182 | 24 May 2011 | [6] | ||
98 | Timișoara | ![]() |
319,279 | 20 October 2011 | [52] | File:View over Timisoara city.jpg | |
99 | Malmö | ![]() |
319,246 | 31 March 2015 | [22] | ||
100 | Catania | ![]() |
315,567 | 30 November 2014 | [7] |
See also
- List of urban areas in the European Union
- List of larger urban zones in the European Union (metropolitan area)
- List of cities in the European Union with more than 100,000 inhabitants
- List of cities in Europe by population within city limits
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