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

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This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union according to the population within their city boundary. The cities listed all have populations over 300,000. The list 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 a very narrow boundary and others a very wide, the list may not give an accurate view of the comparative magnitude of entire urban areas, and thus the figures in the list should be treated with caution. For example Paris is the most populous urban area in the European Union, however the city proper of the French capital has a lower population than top ranked Berlin and a couple of other cities, as shown in the table. Likewise the City of Brussels is only one of a total of 19 municipalities making up the greater Brussels Capital Region, and by itself does not reach the population threshold to be listed here.

Cities by population within the city boundary Edit

Cities in bold are capital cities of their respective countries.

Rank City Member
state 		Official
population 		Date Reference Photography
1 Berlin   Germany 3,850,809 31 December 2022 [1]  
2 Madrid   Spain 3,280,782 1 January 2022 [2]  
3 Rome   Italy 2,748,109 1 January 2023 [3]  
4 Bucharest   Romania 2,162,281 1 July 2022 [4]  
5 Paris   France 2,102,650 1 January 2023 [5]  
6 Vienna   Austria 1,982,442 1 January 2023 [6]  
7 Hamburg   Germany 1,892,122 31 December 2022 [1]  
8 Warsaw   Poland 1,862,345 30 June 2022 [7]  
9 Budapest   Hungary 1,706,851 1 January 2022 [8]  
10 Barcelona   Spain 1,636,193 1 January 2022 [2]  
11 Munich   Germany 1,512,491 31 December 2022 [9]  
12 Prague   Czech Republic 1,357,326 1 January 2023 [10]  
13 Milan   Italy 1,354,196 1 January 2023 [3]  
14 Sofia   Bulgaria 1,307,439 31 December 2021 [11]  
15 Cologne   Germany 1,073,096 31 December 2021 [1]  
16 Stockholm   Sweden 984,748 31 December 2022 [12]  
17 Amsterdam   Netherlands 921,402 31 December 2022 [13]  
18 Naples   Italy 913,462 1 January 2023 [3]  
19 Marseille   France 870,731 1 January 2019 [14]  
20 Turin   Italy 841,600 1 January 2023 [3]  
21 Kraków   Poland 802,781 30 June 2022 [7]  
22 Valencia   Spain 792,492 1 January 2022 [2]  
23 Frankfurt am Main   Germany 773,068 31 December 2022 [1]  
24 Zagreb   Croatia 769,944 31 August 2021 [15]  
25 Seville   Spain 681,998 1 January 2022 [2]  
26 Wrocław   Poland 673,923 30 June 2022 [7]  
27 Zaragoza   Spain 673,010 1 January 2022 [2]  
28 Helsinki   Finland 665,558 1 February 2023 [16]  
29 Rotterdam   Netherlands 663,945 31 December 2022 [13]  
30 Łódź   Poland 661,329 30 June 2022 [7]  
31 Copenhagen   Denmark 644,431 1 January 2022 [17]  
32 Athens   Greece 637,798 23 October 2021 [18]  
33 Palermo   Italy 630,167 1 January 2023 [3]  
34 Stuttgart   Germany 626,275 31 December 2021 [1]  
35 Düsseldorf   Germany 619,477 31 December 2021 [1]  
36 Leipzig   Germany 616,093 31 December 2022 [19]  
37 Riga   Latvia 614,987 1 January 2023 [20]  
38 Gothenburg   Sweden 596,841 31 December 2022 [12]  
39 Dublin   Ireland 588,233 3 April 2022 [21]  
40 Dortmund   Germany 586,852 31 December 2021 [1]  
41 Vilnius   Lithuania 583,098 1 July 2023 [22]  
42 Essen   Germany 579,432 31 December 2021 [1]  
43 Málaga   Spain 579,076 1 January 2022 [2]  
44 Dresden   Germany 563,311 31 December 2022 [1]  
45 Bremen   Germany 563,290 31 December 2021 [1]  
46 The Hague   Netherlands 562,501 31 December 2022 [13]  
47 Genoa   Italy 558,745 1 January 2023 [3]  
48 Lisbon   Portugal 545,923 19 April 2021 [23]  
49 Poznań   Poland 543,347 30 June 2022 [7]  
50 Antwerp   Belgium 536,079 1 January 2023 [24]  
51 Hanover   Germany 535,932 31 December 2021 [1]  
52 Nuremberg   Germany 523,026 31 December 2022 [9]  
53 Lyon   France 522,969 1 January 2019 [14]  
54 Duisburg   Germany 495,152 31 December 2021 [1]  
55 Toulouse   France 493,465 1 January 2019 [14]  
56 Gdańsk   Poland 486,226 30 June 2022 [7]  
57 Bratislava   Slovakia 476,677 1 March 2023 [25]  
58 Murcia   Spain 462,979 1 January 2022 [2]  
59 Tallinn   Estonia 453,864 1 January 2023 [26]  
60 Palma de Mallorca   Spain 415,940 1 January 2022 [2]  
61 Brno   Czech Republic 396,101 1 January 2023 [10]  
62 Iași   Romania 393,574 1 July 2022 [4]  
63 Szczecin   Poland 393,028 30 June 2022 [7]  
64 Bologna   Italy 387,971 1 January 2023 [3]  
65 Sintra   Portugal 385,654 19 April 2021 [23]  
66 Las Palmas   Spain 378,797 1 January 2022 [2]  
67 Utrecht   Netherlands 367,781 31 December 2022 [13]  
68 Bochum   Germany 363,441 31 December 2021 [1]  
69 Florence   Italy 360,930 1 January 2023 [3]  
70 Malmö   Sweden 357,377 31 December 2022 [12]  
71 Aarhus   Denmark 355,238 1 January 2022 [17]  
72 Wuppertal   Germany 354,572 31 December 2021 [1]  
73 Bilbao   Spain 344,127 1 January 2022 [2]  
74 Plovdiv   Bulgaria 343,070 31 December 2021 [11]  
75 Nice   France 342,669 1 January 2019 [14]  
76 Varna   Bulgaria 341,737 31 December 2021 [11]  
77 Alicante   Spain 338,577 1 January 2022 [2]  
78 Bielefeld   Germany 334,002 31 December 2021 [1]  
79 Lublin   Poland 331,991 30 June 2022 [7]  
80 Bydgoszcz   Poland 331,898 30 June 2022 [7]  
81 Bonn   Germany 331,885 31 December 2021 [1]  
82 Cluj-Napoca   Romania 328,418 1 July 2022 [4]  
83 Córdoba   Spain 319,515 1 January 2022 [2]  
84 Nantes   France 318,808 1 January 2019 [14]  
85 Thessaloniki   Greece 317,778 23 October 2021 [18]  
86 Münster   Germany 317,713 31 December 2021 [1]  
87 Bari   Italy 316,015 1 January 2023 [3]  
88 Mannheim   Germany 311,831 31 December 2021 [1]  
89 Timișoara   Romania 311,651 1 July 2022 [4]  
90 Espoo   Finland 306,792 1 February 2023 [16]  
91 Karlsruhe   Germany 306,502 31 December 2021 [1]  
92 Galați   Romania 304,692 1 July 2022 [4]  
93 Kaunas   Lithuania 304,459 1 July 2023 [22]  
94 Vila Nova de Gaia   Portugal 303,854 19 April 2021 [23]  
95 Constanța   Romania 302,976 1 July 2022 [4]  
96 Augsburg   Germany 301,311 31 December 2022 [1]  


See also Edit

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