List of largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits

This article is about the largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. For the largest city areas in Europe, (including those outside the European Union), see List of metropolitan areas in Europe. For a list of European cities by country, see List of cities in Europe.
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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 both Belgium and the EU.

Rank City State Official population Date of census/estimate References Image
1 London[2]  United Kingdom 8,615,246 1 June 2014 [3]
2 Berlin  Germany 3,562,166 31 December 2014 [4]
3 Madrid  Spain 3,165,235 1 January 2014 [5]
4 Rome  Italy 2,874,038 30 November 2014 [6]
5 Paris  France 2,273,305 1 January 2013 [7]
6 Bucharest  Romania 1,803,425 20 October 2014 [8]
7 Vienna  Austria 1,794,770 1 January 2015 [9]
8 Budapest  Hungary 1,754,000 1 January 2015 [10]
9 Hamburg[11]  Germany 1,748,915 30 June 2014 [12]
10 Warsaw  Poland 1,740,119 31 March 2014 [13]
11 Barcelona  Spain 1,602,386 1 January 2014 [5]
12 Munich  Germany 1,493,900 28 February 2015 [14]
13 Milan  Italy 1,336,364 30 November 2014 [6]
14 Sofia  Bulgaria 1,286,383 15 March 2015 [15]
15 Prague  Czech Republic 1,246,780 1 January 2013 [16]
16 Brussels[17]  Belgium 1,175,831 1 January 2014 [18]
17 Birmingham  United Kingdom 1,092,330 30 June 2013 [3]
18 Cologne  Germany 1,034,175 31 December 2013 [19]
19 Naples  Italy 989,160 30 November 2014 [6]
20 Stockholm  Sweden 911,989 31 January 2014 [20]
21 Turin  Italy 897,265 30 November 2014 [6]
22 Marseille  France 852,516 31 December 2012 [21]
23 Amsterdam  Netherlands 813,562 31 May 2014 [22]
24 Zagreb  Croatia 790,017 31 March 2011 [23]
25 Valencia  Spain 786,424 1 January 2014 [5]
26 Kraków  Poland 760,700 31 March 2014 [13]
27 Leeds  United Kingdom 757,655 30 June 2012 [3]
28 Łódź  Poland 709,757 31 March 2014 [13]
29 Frankfurt  Germany 709,395 30 June 2014 [24]
30 Riga  Latvia 701,185 1 January 2014 [25]
31 Seville  Spain 696,676 1 January 2014 [5]
32 Palermo  Italy 676,118 30 November 2014 [6]
33 Zaragoza  Spain 666,058 1 January 2014 [5]
34 Athens  Greece 664,046 24 May 2011 [26]
35 Wrocław  Poland 632,432 31 March 2014 [13]
37 Rotterdam  Netherlands 616,528 31 January 2013 [27]
38 Helsinki  Finland 605,523 28 February 2013 [28]
39 Stuttgart  Germany 604,297 31 December 2013 [29]
40 Glasgow  United Kingdom 596,550 31 December 2013 [30]
41 Düsseldorf  Germany 593,682 31 December 2012 [19]
42 Genoa  Italy 592,995 30 November 2014 [6]
42 Dortmund  Germany 575,944 31 December 2013 [19]
43 Essen  Germany 569,884 31 December 2013 [19]
44 Málaga  Spain 566,913 1 January 2014 [5]
45 Copenhagen  Denmark 559,440 1 January 2013 [31]
46 Sheffield  United Kingdom 557,382 30 June 2012 [3]
47 Lisbon  Portugal 547,631 1 January 2011 [32]
48 Poznań  Poland 547,161 31 March 2014 [13]
49 Bremen  Germany 546,451 31 December 2012 [33]
50 Gothenburg  Sweden 541,145 31 December 2014 [34]
51 Leipzig  Germany 531,562 31 December 2013 [35]
52 Dresden  Germany 530,754 31 December 2013 [35]
53 Vilnius  Lithuania 537,152 1 January 2013 [36]
54 Dublin  Ireland 527,612 10 April 2011 [37]
55 Bradford  United Kingdom 524,619 30 June 2012 [3]
56 Hanover  Germany 514,137 31 December 2012 [38]
57 The Hague  Netherlands 510,909 1 May 2014 [39]
58 Manchester  United Kingdom 510,772 30 June 2012 [3]
59 Antwerp  Belgium 510,610 1 January 2014 [40]
60 Edinburgh  United Kingdom 495,360 30 June 2011 [30]
61 Nuremberg  Germany 495,121 31 December 2012 [14]
62 Lyon  France 491,268 31 December 2011 [41]
63 Duisburg  Germany 486,816 31 December 2012 [19]
64 Liverpool  United Kingdom 469,690 30 June 2012 [3]
65 Gdańsk  Poland 460,354 30 June 2012 [13]
66 Toulouse  France 447,340 31 December 2011 [42]
67 Murcia  Spain 441,354 1 January 2012 [5]
68 Tallinn  Estonia 434,810 1 February 2015 [43]
69 Bristol  United Kingdom 432,451 30 June 2012 [3]
70 Bratislava Slovakia Slovak Republic 417,389 31 December 2013 [44]
71 Szczecin  Poland 409,211 30 June 2012 [13]
72 Palma de Mallorca  Spain 407,648 1 January 2012 [5]
73 Bologna  Italy 386,171 30 November 2014 [6]
74 Plovdiv  Bulgaria 382,737 15 March 2015 [15]
75 Las Palmas  Spain 382,296 1 January 2012 [5]
76 Florence  Italy 380,226 30 November 2014 [6]
77 Brno  Czech Republic 378,327 1 January 2013 [16]
78 Varna  Bulgaria 364,537 15 March 2015 [15]
79 Bydgoszcz  Poland 362,286 30 June 2012 [13]
80 Bochum  Germany 362,213 31 December 2012 [19]
81 Bilbao  Spain 351,629 1 January 2012 [5]
82 Cardiff  United Kingdom 348,493 30 June 2012 [3]
83 Lublin  Poland 348,120 30 June 2012 [13]
84 Nice  France 344,064 31 December 2011 [45]
85 Wuppertal  Germany 342,885 31 December 2012 [19]
86 Alicante  Spain 340,678 1 January 2012 [5]
87 Leicester  United Kingdom 331,606 30 June 2012 [3]
88 Utrecht  Netherlands 330,772 1 May 2014 [46]
89 Córdoba  Spain 328,841 1 January 2012 [5]
90 Bielefeld  Germany 328,314 31 December 2012 [19]
91 Wakefield  United Kingdom 327,627 30 June 2012 [3]
92 Aarhus  Denmark 326,676 1 October 2014 .[47]
93 Cluj-Napoca  Romania 324,576 20 October 2011 [48]
94 Coventry  United Kingdom 323,132 30 June 2012 [3]
95 Bari  Italy 321,008 30 November 2014 [6]
96 Thessaloniki  Greece 322,240 24 May 2011 [26]
97 Wirral  United Kingdom 320,229 30 June 2012 [3]
98 Timișoara  Romania 319,279 20 October 2011 [48]
99 Catania  Italy 315,567 30 November 2014 [6]
100 Valladolid  Spain 311,501 1 January 2012 [5]
101 Bonn  Germany 309,869 31 December 2012 [19]
102 Malmö  Sweden 309,105 31 March 2013 [20]
103 Nottingham  United Kingdom 308,735 30 June 2012 [3]
104 Katowice  Poland 308,269 30 June 2012 [13]
105 Kaunas  Lithuania 306,888 1 January 2013 [49]

See also

References

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