Biggest Cities of Europe in 1150 AD with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities in Europe with an estimated population of over 8,000 in 1150 AD?

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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh.

Both historical and modern-day names accepted.

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Population	Cities	Country
175k	Constantinople (Istanbul)	Byzantine Empire
78k	Isbiliyyah (Seville)	Almohad Caliphate
70k	Qurtubah (Córdoba)	Gayyan
37k	Venice	Venice
36k	Milan	Milan (Holy Roman Empire)
35k	Palermo	Sicily
35k	Toledo	León
33k	Paris	France (Royal Domain)
32k	Thessaloniki	Byzantine Empire
31k	León	León
30k	Rome	Rome (Holy Roman Empire)
28k	Cologne	Cologne (Holy Roman Empire)
28k	Naples	Sicily
27k	Bologna	Bologna (Holy Roman Empire)
27k	Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod)	Novgorod (Kievan Rus')
24k	Lunden (London)	England
24k	Pavia	Lombardy (Holy Roman Empire)
23k	Chernigov (Chernihiv)	Chernigov (Kievan Rus')
23k	Genoa	Genoa (Holy Roman Empire)
21k	Garnatah (Granada)	Garnatah
21k	Verona	Verona (Holy Roman Empire)
20k	Burgos	León
20k	Kiev (Kyiv)	Kiev (Kievan Rus')
19k	Athens	Byzantine Empire
19k	Bolgar	Volga Bulgaria
19k	Maridah (Mérida)	Almohad Caliphate
18k	Al-Mariyyah (Alméria)	Al-Mariyyah
18k	Gayyan (Jaén)	Gayyan
17k	Qartagannah al-Halfa (Cartagena)	Mursiyyah
17k	Toulouse	Toulouse (Kingdom of France)
16k	Arras	Flanders (France / H.R.E.)
16k	Barcelona	Barcelona (Kingdom of France)
16k	Brescia	Brescia (Holy Roman Empire)
16k	Mantua	Mantua (Holy Roman Empire)
16k	Padua	Verona (Holy Roman Empire)
16k	Sherish (Jerez de la Frontera)	Almohad Caliphate
15k	Balansiyyah (Valencia)	Balansiyyah
15k	Lisbon	Portugal
15k	Messina	Sicily
15k	Smolensk	Smolensk (Kievan Rus')
14k	Ghent	Flanders (France / H.R.E.)
14k	Rouen	Normandy (Kingdom of France)
14k	Vienna	Austria (Holy Roman Empire)
13k	Bordeaux	Aquitaine (Kingdom of France)
13k	Regensburg	Bavaria (Holy Roman Empire)
13k	Valladolid	León
12k	Batalyaws (Badajoz)	Almohad Caliphate
12k	Florence	Florence (Holy Roman Empire)
12k	Istiggah (Ecija)	Almohad Caliphate
12k	Pisa	Pisa (Holy Roman Empire)
12k	Ravenna	Ravenna (Holy Roman Empire)
12k	Soldaia (Sudak)	Cumania
12k	Trier	Trier (Holy Roman Empire)
11k	Aachen	Limburg (Holy Roman Empire)
11k	Augsburg	Augsburg (Holy Roman Empire)
11k	Erfurt	Thuringia (Holy Roman Empire)

Population	Cities	Country
11k	Magdeburg	Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)
11k	Mursiyyah (Murcia)	Mursiyyah
11k	Piacenza	Lombardy (Holy Roman Empire)
11k	Rostov	Rostov (Kievan Rus')
11k	Tournai	Flanders (France / H.R.E.)
11k	Tours	Touraine (Kingdom of France)
11k	Velegradhon (Belgrade)	Byzantine Empire
10k	Balish (Vélez-Málaga)	Malaqah
10k	Belgorod Kievsky (Bilohorodska)	Belgorod
10k	Bourges	Bourges (Kingdom of France)
10k	Châlons-sur-Marne (Châlons-en-Champagne)	Châlons (Kingdom of France)
10k	Lyon	Dauphine (Holy Roman Empire)
10k	Marseille	Provence (County - H.R.E.)
10k	Medina Mayurqah (Palma de Mallorca)	Mayurqah
10k	Philippopolis (Plovdiv)	Byzantine Empire
10k	Prague	Bohemia (Holy Roman Empire)
10k	Reims	Reims (Kingdom of France)
10k	Siena	Siena (Holy Roman Empire)
10k	Theodosia (Feodosia)	Cumania
10k	Tortosa	Barcelona (Kingdom of France)
10k	Worms	Worms (Holy Roman Empire)
9k	Cremona	Cremona (Holy Roman Empire)
9k	Derbent	Derbent
9k	Everwic (York)	England
9k	Malaqah (Málaga)	Malaqah
9k	Metz	Metz (Holy Roman Empire)
9k	Órleans	France (Royal Domain)
9k	Parma	Lombardy (Holy Roman Empire)
9k	Pistoia	Pistoia (Holy Roman Empire)
9k	Poitiers	Aquitaine (Kingdom of France)
9k	Salamanca	León
9k	Sliven	Byzantine Empire
9k	Zaragoza	Aragon (Kingdom of France)
8k	Auxerre	Nevers (Kingdom of France)
8k	Barletta	Sicily
8k	Bayyasah (Baeza)	Wadi Ash and Bastah
8k	Bergamo	Bergamo (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Bruges	Flanders (France / H.R.E.)
8k	Corleone	Sicily
8k	Ferrara	Ferrara (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Forlì	Forlì (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Lincoln	England
8k	Lucca	Lucca (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Mainz	Mainz (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Modena	Modena (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Münster	Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Norwich	England
8k	Osnabrück	Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Perugia	Perugia (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Reggio Emilia	Reggio (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Soest	Saxony (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Strasbourg	Strasbourg (Holy Roman Empire)
8k	Tarragona	Barcelona (Kingdom of France)
8k	Trapani	Sicily
8k	Viterbo	Viterbo (Holy Roman Empire)

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