The map above shows how many cities there are in each European country with a population of over 100,000 people using data from citypopulation.de. The author did note there were two errors: Sweden has 9 not 8 and Croatia has 4 not 3.
Personally, I find it really interesting that the UK is number 2 on the list despite having a lower population than Germany and France. However, based on the number of cities of just over 100,000 people the UK has it makes total sense to me.
Here’s the full list:
- Russia (European part only): 120
- United Kingdom: 84
- Germany: 81
- Spain: 62
- Italy: 45
- Ukraine: 44
- France: 40
- Poland: 38
- Netherlands: 28
- Romania: 20
- Belarus: 15
- Finland: 9
- Sweden: 9
- Hungary: 8
- Belgium: 8
- Turkey (European part only): 8
- Portugal: 7
- Greece: 6
- Switzerland: 6
- Austria: 6
- Bulgaria: 6
- Czech Republic: 6
- Norway: 5
- Denmark: 4
- Serbia: 4
- Croatia: 4
- Lithuania: 4
- Albania: 2
- Slovakia: 2
- Ireland: 2
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2
- Moldova: 2
- Iceland: 1
- Luxembourg: 1
- Montenegro: 1
- Kosovo: 1
- Slovenia: 1
- North Macedonia: 1
- Latvia: 1
- Estonia: 1
Notes on the data:
[a] European part only, using the conventional definition of the Ural and Caucasus mountains.
[b] European part only, using the conventional definition of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
[c] Including Crimea (4 cities).
[d] Excluding Crimea.
[e] Not including Anderlecht and Schaerbeek in the Brussels Capital Region.
[f] Municipalities, not including municipalities with 2 towns (Haarlemmermeer, Ede, Zaanstad).
[g] Not including cities within the Athens urban area (Piraeus, Acharnai).
[h] Including Funchal on Madeira island.
[i] Including Las Palmas and Santa Cruz on the Canary Islands.
A map of every 100k+ city in Europe
Now if you really want to see where and what they are here’s a map with all 700 of them:
Central England
Belgium & Netherlands
Rhein-Rhur
Also see: The 4037 Cities In The World With Over 100,000 People
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Kralj Samo says
3 or 4, 8 or 9, 1 or 2…. there will always be cities that are just on the verge.
Osijek, the 4th biggest town in Croatia (97k) is equally big as Maribor, the 2nd biggest town in Slovenia (97k)…. so no hard feelings for the author he put the line as he put it.