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All 500k+ Urban Areas of Europe

Ever get tired of typing countless suburbs of big cities? Say no more! Name all urban areas of Europe with at least 500,000 inhabitants!
Main source: OECD Regions and Cities Atlas, with citypopulation.de as a secondary source
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Last updated: April 19, 2026
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Country
Pop.
Urban Area
Russia
17,217,606
Moscow
Turkey
15,244,936
Istanbul
United Kingdom
13,475,297
London
France
11,249,025
Paris
Spain
6,989,714
Madrid
Germany
6,108,500
the Ruhr
Russia
5,769,215
St. Petersburg
Spain
5,345,763
Barcelona
Italy
5,301,987
Milan
Germany
4,558,043
Berlin
Italy
4,095,364
Naples
Italy
3,684,930
Rome
Greece
3,618,860
Athens
Netherlands
3,592,389
Rotterdam - The Hague
Ukraine
3,545,076
Kyiv
United Kingdom
3,374,693
Manchester
Germany
3,354,797
Cologne - Bonn
Germany
3,167,862
Frankfurt am Main
United Kingdom
3,083,783
Birmingham
United Kingdom
3,010,473
Leeds
Poland
2,975,932
Warsaw
Poland
2,843,725
Upper Silesia (Katowice)
Hungary
2,798,396
Budapest
Germany
2,763,491
Hamburg
Portugal
2,731,340
Lisbon
Germany
2,618,482
Munich
Austria
2,565,196
Vienna
Romania
2,348,982
Bucharest
Belgium
2,338,157
Brussels
Germany
2,300,011
Stuttgart
Belarus
2,265,614
Minsk
Sweden
2,241,651
Stockholm
Switzerland
2,124,246
Zürich
France
2,090,206
Lyon
Denmark
2,088,197
Copenhagen
Netherlands
2,017,935
Amsterdam
Czech Republic
1,977,776
Prague
Spain
1,916,932
Valencia
Belgium
1,860,869
Antwerp
Italy
1,828,088
Turin
United Kingdom
1,790,499
Glasgow
Germany
1,755,988
Mannheim
United Kingdom
1,729,058
Liverpool
Ireland
1,721,812
Dublin
United Kingdom
1,719,730
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ukraine
1,713,794
Kharkiv
Portugal
1,651,124
Porto
United Kingdom
1,618,393
Nottingham - Derby
Serbia
1,612,587
Belgrade
Bulgaria
1,488,887
Sofia
Ukraine
1,450,194
Donetsk
Finland
1,439,175
Helsinki
Russia
1,430,212
Nizhny Novgorod
Norway
1,422,223
Oslo
Russia
1,402,254
Volgograd
United Kingdom
1,390,006
Southampton - Portsmouth
Russia
1,349,583
Rostov-on-Don
Russia
1,341,784
Kazan
Poland
1,339,089
Kraków
France
1,332,370
Toulouse
France
1,322,989
Marseille
Germany
1,307,726
Nuremberg
Russia
1,307,406
Samara
Spain
1,299,106
Seville
United Kingdom
1,274,128
Bristol
Ukraine
1,273,381
Odesa
France
1,226,810
Lille
United Kingdom
1,166,720
Sheffield
Russia
1,166,098
Ufa
United Kingdom
1,165,502
Cardiff - Newport
Germany
1,156,114
Hanover
Russia
1,154,885
Krasnodar
Belgium
1,144,408
Liège
France
1,143,557
Nice - Cannes
Russia
1,127,100
Voronezh
Russia
1,097,493
Saratov
Germany
1,087,466
Düsseldorf
France
1,085,823
Bordeaux
Spain
1,048,764
Málaga
Poland
1,041,339
Łódź
Russia
1,027,518
Perm
Italy
1,018,689
Bergamo
Ukraine
1,014,593
Dnipro
Greece
1,011,795
Thessaloniki
Croatia
1,008,763
Zagreb
Italy
996,808
Florence
Poland
987,006
Gdańsk - Gdynia
United Kingdom
983,790
Belfast
Netherlands
983,205
Nijmegen - Arnhem
Country
Pop.
Urban Area
Poland
975,965
Poznań
Russia
971,318
Makhachkala
Spain
957,261
Bilbao
Italy
955,720
Palermo
Netherlands
947,716
Utrecht
Poland
947,522
Wrocław
France
946,441
Nantes
Sweden
941,867
Gothenburg
Germany
940,800
Bremen
Germany
927,247
Dresden
Albania
926,645
Tirana
Belgium
925,714
Charleroi
Belgium
923,447
Ghent
Ukraine
921,345
Lviv
France
920,618
Lens - Douai - Béthune
United Kingdom
880,978
Brighton
Germany
872,475
Wuppertal
Netherlands
833,765
Eindhoven
Ukraine
830,588
Zaporizhzhia
Germany
828,722
Karlsruhe
Spain
800,329
Zaragoza
Germany
784,344
Leipzig
Germany
770,015
Bielefeld
Italy
765,469
Catania
Latvia
762,194
Riga
Russia
754,390
Tolyatti
Spain
753,468
Murcia
Italy
747,380
Padua
France
739,000
Strasbourg
Moldova
720,128
Chișinău
Italy
717,077
Genoa
United Kingdom
713,623
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
713,491
Leicester
Belarus
690,630
Gomel
Russia
679,373
Izhevsk
Russia
676,665
Stavropol
Italy
674,586
Bologna
Russia
672,819
Ulyanovsk
France
672,643
Montpellier
United Kingdom
672,068
Bournemouth
France
665,460
Rouen
Belgium
655,642
Kortrijk
United Kingdom
651,990
Middlesbrough
United Kingdom
649,615
Coventry
Ukraine
648,803
Kryvyi Rih
Czech Republic
640,970
Brno
Switzerland
635,676
Geneva
United Kingdom
632,854
Southend-on-Sea
Russia
632,389
Yaroslavl
Russia
631,650
Astrakhan
Lithuania
631,243
Vilnius
Spain
629,955
Palma de Mallorca
France
617,504
Grenoble
Russia
616,801
Penza
France
614,623
Rennes
Netherlands
612,214
Enschede - Almelo
Italy
608,350
Bari
North Macedonia
608,133
Skopje
France
605,875
Toulon
Germany
599,000
Aachen
Germany
597,287
Mönchengladbach
Russia
590,640
Naberezhnye Chelny
Russia
584,932
Orenburg
Germany
582,231
Saarbrücken
Estonia
576,205
Tallinn
Switzerland
572,556
Basel
Germany
562,358
Augsburg
United Kingdom
561,390
Stoke-on-Trent
Spain
554,887
Alicante
Poland
547,344
Rybnik
Ukraine
539,483
Mykolaiv
Czech Republic
539,358
Ostrava
Poland
538,585
Bielsko-Biała
United Kingdom
537,083
Swansea
Poland
536,868
Lublin
Slovakia
535,160
Bratislava
Russia
534,285
Ryazan
Russia
533,305
Kaliningrad
Malta
532,997
Valletta
Italy
532,242
Brescia
Ukraine
532,126
Luhansk
Russia
526,617
Lipetsk
Italy
526,298
Verona
Netherlands
515,287
's-Hertogenbosch
United Kingdom
510,749
Kingston-upon-Hull
Spain
508,703
Granada
Russia
505,811
Cheboksary
Germany
501,695
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8 Comments
+5
Level 94
Feb 13, 2023
Good quiz, although the criteria throw up some anomalies. Farnborough and Aldershot are no more than rural towns really
+2
Level 78
Jan 13, 2024
I agree, Farnborough city proper is only about 57 thousand. Great quiz though.
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Level 61
Jan 13, 2024
Me too. And the very idea of Portsmouth and Southampton being the same city... someone bring me my smelling salts!
+2
Level 79
Aug 18, 2024
It probably is including Guildford and some other London suburbs as one big urban area.
+3
Level 65
Mar 21, 2025
These numbers are grossly inflated. There is absolutely no way there is more than 500000 people in both Stoke, Swansea and Bournemouth
+1
Level 60
Apr 4, 2025
I think "the Ruhr" should fill in if you type any of the other rhur cities not already there, like Essen or Duisburg
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Level 56
Oct 22, 2025
I find your way of determining your populations in the UK very strange.

For instance: the Aldershot/Farnborough is more of an urban area than a city, but even taking into account the population of the area, yours is still double:

32 (largest urban area in UK): Farnborough/ Aldershot

Population: 252,397 People (2011)

Area: 78.5 km^2

Density: 3,217 people/km^2

Cities: Farnborough, Aldershot, Camberley, Farnham, Frimley, Sandhurst, Yateley

Your population count is still double, those numbers are still also high for cities like Bournemouth. I find it quite surprising.

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Level 69
Apr 19, 2026
Thank you all for your comments. I have deemed the Aldershot/Farnborough population untrustworthy and resorted to using citypopulation's population of 281,000.