Table 10.3 - Selected European cities: size

Source: Compiled from multiple sources, see Statistical Compendium

Cities (country code) City population** Total city area** (km2) Total built-up area (km2)
Amsterdam (NL) 713 493 202 187
Barcelona (ES) 1 635 067 99 59
Belfast (UK) 279 237 150 125
Bergen (NO) 215 967 4451  
Berlin (DE) 3 456 891 889 380
Bilbao (ES) 385 000 41.3 16
Bordeaux (FR) 213 274 49.4 
Bratislava (SK) 445 730 368 119
Brussels (BE) 951 217 161 105
Budapest (HU) 2 434 064 525 
Chambéry (FR) 55 603 21 15.6
Copenhagen (DK) 465 000 88 53
Cracow (PL) 750 500 327 90.3
Dnepropetrovsk (UA) 1 185 500 397 222
Dubrovnik (HR) 34 521 6.7 5.57
Ermoupolis (GR) 12 386 3 
Evora (PT) 39 229 16 11
Ferrara (IT) 94 106 414 23
Gda´nsk (PL) 465 100 257.5 69
Glasgow (UK) 688 600 202.7 145
Gothenburg (SE) 432 112 449 100
Hannover (DE) 522 354 204 102
Helsinki (FI) 501 518 1852 81
Kiev (UA) 2 651 300 825 345
Liverpool (UK) 454 400 113 107
Ljubljana (SI) 224 817 230 
London (UK) 6 679 699 1578 
Madrid (ES) 3 010 492 607 
Milan (IT) 1 406 818 182 77
Moscow (RU) 8 818 000 996 531
Odessa (UA) 1 086 700 333 
Oslo (NO) 4 67 090 4271 135
Paris (FR) 2 152 423 105.4 81.3
Prague (CZ) 1 212 010 495 200
Reggio Emilia (IT) 131 880 231.5 25
Rennes(FR) 203 533 50.4 34
Reykjavík (IS) 100 850 114 33
Riga (LV) 900 000 307 89.2
Rotterdam (NL) 589 678 273 138
Sheffield (UK) 529 300 363 109
Sofia (BG) 1 148 550 183 108
Stockholm (SE) 684 574 188 64
St Petersburg (RU) 4 948 000 1400 363
Tirana (AL) 270 000 19 16
Toru´n (PL) 202 200 116 26.4
Valletta (MT) 12 403 1.6 0.6
Venice (IT) 77 000 17 13
Vienna (AT) 1 500 000 415 134
Warsaw (PL) 1 653 300 485.3 202
Zurich (CH) 365 043 92 30.36
Zagreb (HR) 706 770 297 74

Notes:
*Only 51 cities out of 72 selected were finally included in the report for reasons of data availability and comparability.
**Figures relate to administrative boundaries of municipalities.
1The total city area includes the land area only (there are large forest areas within the municipality).
2Total city area of Helsinki is 588 km2, of which 185 km2 is covered with land and 403 km2 with water.