Country
|
Territory
|
Period
|
Population
|
Answer
|
Albania
|
|
late 12th - 15th
|
60,000
|
Kruje
|
Albania
|
|
13th - 14th, 20th
|
110,000
|
Durres
|
Austria
|
Tyrol
|
mid 19th - early 20th
|
225,000
|
Innsbruck
|
Belgium
|
Civitas Tungrorum
|
early 1st millennium CE - ?
|
30,000
|
Tongren
|
Belgium
|
Frankish Kingdom
|
5th - early 6th
|
70,000
|
Tournai
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Herzegovina
|
unofficial - past and present
|
115,000
|
Mostar
|
Bulgaria
|
|
late 9th - late 10th
|
10,000
|
Velike Preslav
|
Bulgaria
|
|
late 12th - late 14th, late 19th (briefly)
|
70,000
|
Veliko Tarnovo
|
Croatia
|
|
ancient, WWII (provisional)
|
350,000
|
Split
|
Croatia
|
|
mid-late 18th
|
50,000
|
Varazdin
|
Czechia
|
Moravia
|
ca 1000 - mid 17th
|
375,000
|
Olomouc
|
Czechia
|
Moravia
|
mid 17th - 20th
|
700,000
|
Brno
|
Finland
|
|
early 19th
|
330,000
|
Turku
|
France
|
Visigoth, Languedoc
|
5th - 6th, 13th - 18th
|
1,500,000
|
Toulouse
|
France
|
|
late 17th - late 18th
|
85,000
|
Versailles
|
Germany
|
Germania Inferior
|
1st - 4th
|
3,500,000
|
Cologne
|
Germany
|
Germania Superior, Rhenish Hesse
|
early 1st millennium CE, 19th respectively
|
220,000
|
Mainz
|
Germany
|
Electorate of Cologne, West Germany
|
late 16th - late 18th, mid/late 20th, respectively
|
330,000
|
Bonn
|
Greece
|
Greece / Macedonia / Various
|
2nd BC - 19th AD
|
1,100,000
|
Thessaloniki
|
Hungary
|
|
10th - 13th
|
30,000
|
Esztergom
|
Hungary
|
|
mid 19th (briefly)
|
325,000
|
Debrecen
|
Italy
|
Ostrogoths, Lombards
|
mid 6th - early 14th
|
75,000
|
Pavia
|
Italy
|
Republic of Genoa
|
11th - late 18th
|
575,000
|
Genoa
|
Italy
|
Kingdom of Sicily
|
12th - 19th
|
1,300,000
|
Palermo
|
Italy
|
Kingdom of Sardinia
|
early 14th - early 19th
|
150,000
|
Cagliari
|
|
Country
|
Territory
|
Period
|
Population
|
Answer
|
Italy
|
Duchy of Ferrara
|
15th - 16th
|
130,000
|
Ferrara
|
Italy
|
Tyrol
|
early 15th - mid 19th
|
40,000
|
Merano
|
Italy
|
Duchy of Parma
|
mid 17th - early 19th
|
200,000
|
Parma
|
Italy
|
|
mid - late 19th (briefly)
|
365,000
|
Florence
|
Kosovo
|
|
(historical)
|
175,000
|
Prizren
|
Lithuania
|
|
20th (interwar)
|
400,000
|
Kaunas
|
Montenegro
|
|
15th - 20th
|
15,000
|
Cetinje
|
Poland
|
|
10th - early 11th
|
65,000
|
Gniezno
|
Poland
|
|
11th - 16th
|
1,725,000
|
Krakow
|
Poland
|
Duchy of Silesia (Lower)
|
early 12th - 14th
|
1,250,000
|
Wroclaw
|
Poland
|
Silesia (Upper)
|
late 12th - Renaissance
|
125,000
|
Opole
|
Portugal
|
Gallaecia, Suebi
|
3rd - 12th
|
200,000
|
Braga
|
Romania
|
Moldavia
|
late 14th - mid 16th
|
175,000
|
Suceava
|
Romania
|
Moldavia
|
mid 16th - mid 19th, 20th (briefly)
|
500,000
|
Iasi
|
Romania
|
Transylvania
|
late 16th - late 17th
|
65,000
|
Alba Iulia
|
Romania
|
Transylvania
|
early 17th - early 19th
|
275,000
|
Sibiu / Hermannstadt / Nagyszeben
|
Romania
|
Transylvania
|
late 18th - mid 19th
|
400,000
|
Cluj / Kolosvar / Klausenburg
|
Romania
|
Wallachia (NOTE: answer has multiple words!)
|
until early 15th
|
25,000
|
Curtea de Arges
|
Romania
|
Wallachia
|
early 15th - mid 17th
|
80,000
|
Targoviste
|
Romania
|
Serbian Vojvodina
|
mid 19th
|
470,000
|
Timisoara
|
Russia
|
Prussia
|
early 17th - early 19th, early 19th (briefly)
|
475,000
|
Konigsberg / Kaliningrad
|
Slovakia
|
Soviet Slovak Republic
|
early 20th (briefly)
|
110,000
|
Presov
|
Spain
|
Visigoths
|
6th - 8th
|
85,000
|
Toledo
|
Spain
|
Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba
|
beginning early 8th
|
325,000
|
Cordoba
|
Spain
|
Aragon
|
12th - 18th
|
675,000
|
Zaragoza
|
|
Well, it's always interesting to learn about previous capitals. They may be "dethroned", but that doesn't mean that they aren't still important. Plus there is history there, and there is a fair chance that they will be more scenic (and less expensive) than the current capitals.