List of cities in the European Union with more than 100,000 inhabitants

This is a list of cities in the European Union with more than 100,000 inhabitants.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The following table lists all towns in the European Union that currently have a population greater than 100,000.

Warning note: census methods may significantly vary from one country to another. Present table (Feb 2013) use heterogeneous definitions for cities depending on countries, sometimes counting only narrow municipal, sometimes counting larger urban areas including adjacent municipalities. For example Athens is listed as having 770,000 inhabitants which is its municipal population (urban area is about 3 millions) while Copenhagen is listed 1.2 millions inhabitants which is urban area count (municipal population being about 577,000), the same for the City of Brussels, which has only around 140.000 inhabitants, and the Brussels region, which is listed, has just over a million, but consists of 19 municipalities.


Rank Name Population Member state
1  London 8,174,100[7]  United Kingdom
2  Berlin 3,468,939[8]  Germany
3  Madrid 3,213,271[9]  Spain
4  Rome 2,777,979[10]  Italy
5  Paris 2,243,833[11]  France
6  Hamburg 1,802,041[12]  Germany
7  Budapest 1,740,041[13]  Hungary
8  Vienna 1,731,236[14]  Austria
9  Warsaw 1 700 612[15]  Poland
10  Bucharest 1,677,985[16]  Romania
12  Stockholm 1,372,565 [17]  Sweden
13  Munich 1,353,186[18]  Germany
14  Milan 1,347,298[19]  Italy
16  Sofia 1,202,761[20]  Bulgaria
18  Birmingham 1,074,300[21]  United Kingdom
19  Cologne 1,007,119[22]  Germany
23  Marseille 850,726[11]  France
25  Amsterdam 801,542[23]  Netherlands
27  Kraków 757,611[15]  Poland
29  Łódź 728 892[15]  Poland
34  Wrocław 630131[15]  Poland
36  Helsinki 614,074[24]  Finland
38  Stuttgart 602,056[25]  Germany
39  Glasgow 598,470[26]  United Kingdom
40  Düsseldorf 586,564[27]  Germany
41  Dortmund 580,688[27]  Germany
42  Essen 575,027[27]  Germany
49  Dublin 527,612[28]  Ireland
50  Dresden 525,105[29]  Germany
52  Hanover 518,386[30]  Germany
53  Lisbon 508,209[31]  Portugal
54  Nuremberg 505,664[18]  Germany
56  Duisburg 490,322[27]  Germany
57  Lyon 484,344[11]  France
63  Leeds 751,500[32]  United Kingdom
64  Toulouse 441,802[11]  France
65  Bratislava 431,061 [33]  Slovakia
81  Nice 343,304[11]  France
82  Plovdiv 338,153[20]  Bulgaria
83  Varna 334,870[20]  Bulgaria
90  Iaşi 315,649[34]  Romania
96  Timișoara 312,113[34]  Romania
98  Cluj-Napoca 306,009[34]  Romania
100  Constanţa 302,040[34]  Romania
102  Craiova 298,643[34]  Romania
106  Galaţi 290,733[34]  Romania
109  Nantes 284,970[11]  France
112  Braşov 278,003[34]  Romania
116  Strasbourg 271,782[11]  France
121  Augsburg 264,708[18]  Germany
125  Montpellier 257,351[11]  France
128  Espoo 252,945[24]  Finland
141  Bordeaux 239,157[11]  France
152  Ploieşti 228,378[34]  Romania
156  Lille 227,560[11]  France
162  Tampere 215,377[24]  Finland
163  Brăila 211,884[34]  Romania
169  Rennes 207,178[11]  France
172  Oradea 204,477[16]  Romania
173  Vantaa 203,428[24]  Finland
180  Burgas 200,271[20]  Bulgaria
193  Groningen 193,127[35]  Netherlands
213  Reims 179,992[11]  France
218  Turku 178,846[24]  Finland
222  Bacău 177,087[16]  Romania
225  Le Havre 175,497[11]  France
232  Saint-Étienne 171,260[11]  France
241  Piteşti 166,893[16]  Romania
243  Arad 166,003[16]  Romania
245  Toulon 164,532[11]  France
260  Grenoble 155,637[11]  France
263  Sibiu 154,548[16]  Romania
265  Dijon 151,212[11]  France
267  Rousse 149,642[20]  Bulgaria
273  Angers 147,571[11]  France
277  Târgu Mureş 145,151[16]  Romania
279  Villeurbanne 145,150[11]  France
280  Saint-Denis, Réunion 145,022[11]  France
282  Oulu 144,114[24]  Finland
288  Le Mans 142,626[36]  France
290  Nîmes 142,205[36]  France
293  Aix-en-Provence 141,438[36]  France
294  Brest 141,303[36]  France
296  Uppsala 140,454 [17]  Sweden
300  Clermont-Ferrand 139,860[36]  France
303  Baia Mare 139,154[16]  Romania
304  Limoges 139,150[36]  France
307  Stara Zagora 138,272[20]  Bulgaria
319  Tours 134,817[36]  France
322  Amiens 133,448[36]  France
323  Buzău 132,210[16]  Romania
324  Jyväskylä 132,115[24]  Finland
349  Metz 120,738[36]  France
361  Latina 118,946[37]  Italy
363  Mataró 118,748[20]  Spain
368  Perpignan 117,419[36]  France
374  Besançon 116,914[36]  France
378  Botoşani 116,110[16]  Romania
384  Boulogne-Billancourt 114,205[36]  France
385  Orléans 114,167[36]  France
390  Satu Mare 112,705[16]  Romania
393  Rouen 110,933[36]  France
394  Râmnicu Vâlcea 110,901[16]  Romania
395  Mulhouse 109,588[36]  France
399  Caen 108,954[36]  France
406  Piatra Neamţ 107,504[16]  Romania
410  Suceava 106,934[16]  Romania
411  Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis 106,785[36]  France
417  Drobeta-Turnu Severin 106,507[16]  Romania
424  Nancy 105,421[36]  France
433  Luxembourg 103,641[38]  Luxembourg
436  Saint-Paul 103,346[36]  France
440  Argenteuil 103,125[36]  France
441  Montreuil 102,770[36]  France
445  Lahti 102,383[24]  Finland

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cities in Germany with population over 100,000: List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants
  2. ↑ Communes in France with population over 20,000: List of cities in France
  3. ↑ List of cities and towns in Hungary: List of cities in Hungary
  4. ↑ List of municipalities in Spain: List of cities in Spain
  5. ↑ Cities of Italy: List of cities in Italy
  6. ↑ Cities of Romania: List of cities in Romania
  7. ↑ "Census result shows increase in population of London as it tops 8 million". 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  8. ↑ Bevölkerungsstand in Berlin am 30. November 2011 nach Bezirken (in German)
  9. ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)". Ine.es. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  10. ↑ Bilancio demografico Anno 2011 (dati provvisori) - Roma
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  13. ↑ Portal.ksh: [Gazetteer of Hungary, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2012 Budapest 2012 ( Hungarian)
  14. ↑ Statistik Austria:Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2012(Deutsch)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Główny Urząd Statystyczny: Ludność w miastach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 roku(Polish)
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  26. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland: Glasgow City Council Area: Demographic Factsheet. Update from 31 May 2012. Access date 1 June 2012.
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