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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 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.

Cities over 300,000 inhabitants

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 Belgium as well as the EU.

Rank City State Eurostat population (2003–2006)[2][dead link‍] Official population (actual) Date of census/estimate References Image
1 London[3]  United Kingdom 7,429,200 8,308,369 30 June 2012 [4]
2 Berlin  Germany 3,387,828 3,419,623 30 November 2013 [5]
3 Madrid  Spain 3,228,319 3,233,527 1 January 2012 [6]
4 Rome  Italy 2,553,873 2,863,322 31 December 2013 [7]
5 Paris  France 2,181,374 2,243,833 31 December 2010 [8]
6 Bucharest  Romania 1,927,448 1,883,425 20 October 2011 [9]
7 Vienna  Austria 1,598,626 1,781,105 13 August 2014 [10]
8 Budapest  Hungary 1,695,814 1,744,665 1 January 2014 [11]
9 Hamburg[12]  Germany 1,734,830 1,742,707 30 June 2013 [13]
10 Warsaw  Poland 1,716,855 1,726,581 31 March 2014 [14]
11 Barcelona  Spain 1,621,537 1,620,943 1 January 2012 [6]
12 Munich  Germany 1,249,176 1,388,308 31 December 2012 [15]
13 Milan  Italy 1,299,439 1,324,169 31 December 2013 [7]
14 Prague  Czech Republic 1,290,846 1,246,780 1 January 2013 [16]
15 Sofia  Bulgaria 1,138,950 1,249,665 14 June 2014 [17]
16 Brussels[18]  Belgium 999,899 1,138,854 1 January 2012 [19]
17 Birmingham  United Kingdom 992,400 1,085,417 30 June 2012 [4]
18 Cologne  Germany 969,709 1,024,373 31 December 2012 [20]
19 Naples  Italy 995,171 989,111 31 December 2013 [7]
20 Turin  Italy 902,255 902,137 31 December 2013 [7]
21 Stockholm  Sweden 761,721 905,184 30 June 2014 [21]
22 Marseille  France 1,023,973 850,726 31 December 2010 [22]
23 Amsterdam  Netherlands 767,849 810,909 1 January 2014 [23]
24 Valencia  Spain 1,294,732 797,028 1 January 2012 [6]
25 Zagreb  Croatia 779,145 790,017 31 March 2011 [24]
26 Kraków  Poland 758,992 759,144 31 March 2014 [14]
27 Leeds  United Kingdom 743,247 757,655 30 June 2012 [4]
28 Łódź  Poland 744,541 709,757 31 March 2014 [14]
29 Seville  Spain 704,203 702,355 1 January 2012 [6]
30 Riga  Latvia 735,241 701,185 1 January 2014 [25]
31 Frankfurt  Germany 646,889 687,775 31 December 2012 [26]
32 Zaragoza  Spain 638,799 679,624 1 January 2012 [6]
33 Athens  Greece 796,442 655,780 24 May 2011 [27]
34 Palermo  Italy 675,277 678,492 31 December 2013 [7]
35 Wrocław  Poland 636,268 632,432 31 March 2014 [14]
37 Rotterdam  Netherlands 598,923 616,528 31 January 2013 [28]
38 Genoa  Italy 605,084 596,958 31 December 2013 [7]
39 Helsinki  Finland 559,716 605,523 28 February 2013 [29]
40 Stuttgart  Germany 590,657 597,939 31 December 2012 [30]
41 Glasgow  United Kingdom 629,501 595,080 30 June 2012 [31]
42 Düsseldorf  Germany 572,663 593,682 31 December 2012 [20]
42 Dortmund  Germany 588,680 572,087 31 December 2012 [20]
43 Málaga  Spain 547,731 567,433 1 January 2012 [6]
44 Essen  Germany 588,084 566,862 31 December 2012 [20]
45 Copenhagen  Denmark 501,664 559,440 1 January 2013 [32]
46 Sheffield  United Kingdom 516,100 557,382 30 June 2012 [4]
47 Lisbon  Portugal 529,485 547,631 1 January 2011 [33]
48 Poznań  Poland 570,778 547,161 31 March 2014 [14]
49 Bremen  Germany 545,932 546,451 31 December 2012 [34]
50 Vilnius  Lithuania 552,800 537,152 1 January 2013 [35]
51 Leipzig  Germany 498,491 531,562 31 December 2013 [36]
52 Dresden  Germany 487,421 530,754 31 December 2013 [36]
53 Gothenburg  Sweden 466,990[37] 528,014 31 March 2013 [21]
54 Dublin  Ireland 471,841 525,383 10 April 2011 [38]
55 Bradford  United Kingdom 481,100 524,619 30 June 2012 [4]
56 Hanover  Germany 515,841 514,137 31 December 2012 [39]
57 The Hague  Netherlands 469,059 510,909 1 May 2014 [40]
58 Manchester  United Kingdom 437,000 510,772 30 June 2012 [4]
59 Antwerp  Belgium 455,148 510,610 1 January 2014 [41]
60 Edinburgh  United Kingdom 453,700 495,360 30 June 2011 [31]
61 Nuremberg  Germany 495,302 495,121 31 December 2012 [15]
62 Duisburg  Germany N/A 486,816 31 December 2012 [20]
63 Lyon  France 1,226,249 484,344 31 December 2010 [42]
64 Liverpool  United Kingdom 444,500 469,690 30 June 2012 [4]
65 Gdańsk  Poland 459,072 460,354 30 June 2012 [14]
66 Toulouse  France 651,586 441,802 31 December 2010 [43]
67 Murcia  Spain 398,815 441,354 1 January 2012 [6]
68 Bristol  United Kingdom 393,900 432,451 30 June 2012 [4]
69 Tallinn  Estonia 392,306 426,745 1 July 2013 [44]
70 Bratislava Slovakia Slovak Republic 425,155 417,389 31 December 2013 [45]
71 Szczecin  Poland 411,900 409,211 30 June 2012 [14]
72 Palma de Mallorca  Spain 368,974 407,648 1 January 2012 [6]
73 Bologna  Italy 374,425 384,202 31 December 2013 [7]
74 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria  Spain 376,953 382,296 1 January 2012 [6]
75 Florence  Italy 368,059 377,207 31 December 2013 [7]
76 Brno  Czech Republic 367,729 378,327 1 January 2013 [16]
77 Bydgoszcz  Poland 368,235 362,286 30 June 2012 [14]
78 Bochum  Germany 388,179 362,213 31 December 2012 [20]
79 Bilbao  Spain 352,317 351,629 1 January 2012 [6]
80 Cardiff  United Kingdom 341,054 348,493 30 June 2012 [4]
81 Lublin  Poland 355,998 348,120 30 June 2012 [14]
82 Nice  France 478,850[46] 343,304 31 December 2010 [47]
83 Wuppertal  Germany 361,077 342,885 31 December 2012 [20]
84 Plovdiv  Bulgaria N/A 341,041 31 December 2013 [17]
85 Varna  Bulgaria N/A 335,819 31 December 2013 [17]
86 Alicante  Spain 310,330 334,678 1 January 2012 [6]
87 Leicester  United Kingdom 331,606 30 June 2012 [4]
88 Utrecht  Netherlands N/A 330,772 1 May 2014 [48]
89 Córdoba  Spain 314,178 328,841 1 January 2012 [6]
90 Bielefeld  Germany 328,012 328,314 31 December 2012 [20]
91 Wakefield  United Kingdom N/A 327,627 30 June 2012 [4]
92 Cluj-Napoca  Romania 311,528 324,576 20 October 2011 [49]
93 Coventry  United Kingdom 304,200 323,132 30 June 2012 [4]
94 Bari  Italy 328,458 322,751 31 December 2013 [7]
95 Thessaloniki  Greece 386,627 322,240 24 May 2011 [27]
96 Wirral  United Kingdom 313,100 320,229 30 June 2012 [4]
97 Timișoara  Romania 303,908 319,279 20 October 2011 [49] File:View over the city Timisoara..jpg
98 Catania  Italy 315,576 315,576 31 December 2013 [7]
99 Valladolid  Spain 321,713 311,501 1 January 2012 [6]
100 Bonn  Germany 302,247 309,869 31 December 2012 [20]
101 Malmö  Sweden N/A 309,105 31 March 2013 [21]
102 Nottingham  United Kingdom 308,735 30 June 2012 [4]
103 Katowice  Poland 319,904 308,269 30 June 2012 [14]
104 Kaunas  Lithuania 368,913 306,888 1 January 2013 [50]

See also

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