According to the UN there were 81 cities in the world with a population exceeding 5 million people in 2018.

Of those 16 can be found in Europe as the map above shows. Here is the list by country:

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Map created by Adam CarrThe map above is a simplified version of the history of the territorial expansion of the modern Greek state from its founding in 1832 up until 1947.

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Map created by the.world.in.mapsThe map above shows how long the Great Wall of China is compared to Europe’s coastline.

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Map created by amazing__mapsThe map above shows what “Roadmen”, which Amazing Maps defines as: “A Teenager who dresses badly and goes around in groups and pretends to be in a gang and often does small acts of vandalism and public disturbance,” are called in other European countries.

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Map created by languages.euThe map above shows the most common naming order or convention in each European country. From the author:

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Map created by FDVThe map above shows the date each European country got it’s first railway line, starting with Great Britain in 1830 to the Vatican over a century later.

Here they are in chorological order:

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Map created by @geoglobal_The map above shows where nuclear weapons are stored in Europe. Russia, The UK and France are the only fully nuclear capable countries in Europe at the present time.

However, its estimated the US has around 100 warheads in Europe in various locations in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Turkey. On the flip side Russia may also have warheads in Belarus, which is a very close Russian ally.

Here are the numbers by country:

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Map created by reddit user desfirsitThe map above shows the cumulative border changes in Europe over 1,000 years in 100 year increments from 1,000 AD – 2,000 AD.

Here’s desfirsit explaining what he did:

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Map created by reddit user ItMightBeZenithThe map above is a mostly accurate flag map of the longest border for each European Country.

However, when looking through I did spot a few errors.

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Map created by reddit user Min_NooThe map above shows the flag of the country the origin countries of immigrants to different parts of Europe. I’m not 100% certain on the origin of the data for the map but a quick check looks like it’s fairly accurate.

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