The largest cities in
Europe according to the population within their
city boundary
City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city. The area within the city limit can be called the city proper. Town limit/boundary and village limit/boundary apply to towns and villages. Similarly, corporate lim ...
have populations over 1 million inhabitants. Cities are sorted by official population. Capital cities are in bold. The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to
urban areas and
metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
As some cities have very narrow boundaries and others very wide ones, 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
Paris is the
third most populous urban area in Europe, but the strict definition of the administrative limits of the City of Paris results in a far lower population shown in the table.
Largest cities
Map
See also
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List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
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List of urban areas in Europe
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List of metropolitan areas in Europe
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List of urban areas in the European Union
Notes
References
{{World's largest cities
Population