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100 Biggest Cities of Western Europe in 1453 with a Map

Try to name the 100 most populous cities in Western Europe in 1453, each with at least about 8,000 inhabitants, after the end of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
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Region as defined by EuroVoc.
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Population
Cities
150,000
Paris
60,000
Ghent
50,000
London
45,000
Bruges
40,000
Cologne
30,000
Brussels
25,000
Lyon
25,000
Tournai
25,000
Vienna
24,000
Antwerp
23,000
Nuremberg
22,000
Magdeburg
21,000
Lübeck
20,000
Bordeaux
20,000
Liège
20,000
Metz
20,000
Strasbourg
20,000
Ulm
18,000
Augsburg
18,000
Braunschweig
18,000
Erfurt
18,000
Mechelen
17,000
Bremen
16,000
Hamburg
15,000
Aachen
15,000
Avignon
15,000
Bourges
15,000
Lille
15,000
Poitiers
15,000
Rouen
15,000
Utrecht
14,000
's-Hertogenbosch
14,000
Abbeville
14,000
Amiens
Population
Cities
14,000
Arras
14,000
Leuven
14,000
Lüneburg
14,000
Rostock
14,000
Saint-Omer
13,000
Stralsund
13,000
York
13,000
Toulouse
12,000
Angers
12,000
Beauvais
12,000
Besançon
12,000
Gouda
12,000
Maastricht
12,000
Nantes
12,000
Orléans
12,000
Rennes
12,000
Ypres
11,000
Haarlem
11,000
Montpellier
11,000
Munich
11,000
Nijmegen
11,000
Reims
11,000
Regensburg
11,000
Tours
10,000
Aix-en-Provence
10,000
Basel
10,000
Bristol
10,000
Cambrai
10,000
Delft
10,000
Dijon
10,000
Edinburgh
10,000
Laon
10,000
Marseille
Population
Cities
10,000
Mons
10,000
Nice
10,000
Soest
10,000
Troyes
10,000
Valenciennes
10,000
Worms
9,000
Châlons-en-Champagne
9,000
Coventry
9,000
Dordrecht
9,000
Frankfurt am Main
9,000
Geneva
9,000
Landshut
9,000
Mühlhausen
9,000
Stendal
9,000
Trier
8,000
Amsterdam
8,000
Bonifacio
8,000
Caen
8,000
Dortmund
8,000
Dublin
8,000
Douai
8,000
Esslingen am Neckar
8,000
Görlitz
8,000
Groningen
8,000
Hildesheim
8,000
Kampen
8,000
Leiden
8,000
Mainz
8,000
Münster
8,000
Namur
8,000
Norwich
8,000
Wismar
8,000
Zurich
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5 Comments
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Apr 10, 2026
Please do note that this region’s definition may differ per source, ranging between many definitions that may include more or less countries. This quiz uses the definition as provided by EuroVoc.
Deuteronomius
+2
Level 69
Apr 10, 2026
Very nice, right on time for the weekend :)

Maybe add two minutes or so, I felt the need to rush a bit compared to your other quizzes.

Dekkie
+2
Level 55
Apr 10, 2026
Thanks! This has been done.
Shadywyvern
+2
Level 85
Apr 10, 2026
Accept Aix and Hertogenbosch?
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Apr 10, 2026
Done.
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