It should be noted that the inclusion of certain cities is based on the German Wikipedia article on Hanseatic Cities. This is mainly because the article on English Wikipedia is incomplete.
Interesting to see how some of these cities went on to become some of the most relevant cities in their countries with hundrets of thousand or even a few million inhabitants while others faded into obscurity and have about the same size as they did in 1500
Dinant is the smallest one on here currently at 13k. The likely cause for it not growing much after this was the sacking of the city shortly after the given time frame in 1466.
Its city walls were destroyed and its people were deliberately forbidden from rebuilding the walls until 1472 and supposedly weren't even allowed to straighten the stones of the walls until the death of Charles the Bold in 1477.
After this, its population count would continue hovering around 5,000 people until as late as the 19th century.
Its city walls were destroyed and its people were deliberately forbidden from rebuilding the walls until 1472 and supposedly weren't even allowed to straighten the stones of the walls until the death of Charles the Bold in 1477.
After this, its population count would continue hovering around 5,000 people until as late as the 19th century.