Rank
|
Population
|
Country
|
Hint
|
City
|
1
|
1,296,000
|
Denmark
|
The Little Mermaid
|
Copenhagen
|
2
|
1,192,000
|
Russia
|
Meteor 2013
|
Chelyabinsk
|
3
|
1,061,000
|
Germany
|
German: Köln
|
Cologne
|
4
|
532,000
|
Moldova
|
Capital
|
Chisinau
|
5
|
481,000
|
Russia
|
Located on the right bank of the Volga
|
Cheboksary
|
6
|
355,000
|
United Kingdom
|
No other UK-City is farther away from the coast
|
Coventry
|
7
|
346,000
|
United Kingdom
|
Capital of Wales
|
Cardiff
|
8
|
327,000
|
Spain
|
Warmest summer high temperatures in Europe
|
Córdoba
|
9
|
325,000
|
Romania
|
The Heart of Transylvania
|
Cluj-Napoca
|
10
|
319,000
|
Russia
|
Steel (Severstal)
|
Cherepovets
|
11
|
314,000
|
Italy
|
Etna
|
Catania
|
12
|
294,000
|
Ukraine
|
Oldest cathedral of the Ukraine
|
Chernigov
|
13
|
284,000
|
Romania
|
Biggest Romanian port on the Black Sea
|
Constanta
|
14
|
284,000
|
Ukraine
|
Located on the right bank of the Dnieper
|
Cherkassy
|
15
|
269,000
|
Romania
|
University town
|
Craiova
|
16
|
266,000
|
Ukraine
|
Near the Romanian border
|
Chernivtsi
|
17
|
254,000
|
Turkey
|
Eastern Thrace
|
Çorlu
|
18
|
249,000
|
Germany
|
Formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt
|
Chemnitz
|
19
|
228,000
|
Poland
|
Pauline monastery of Jasna Gora (Black Madonna)
|
Częstochowa
|
20
|
215,000
|
Spain
|
In antiquity known as Carthago Nova
|
Cartagena
|
21
|
202,000
|
Belgium
|
Museum of Fine Arts
|
Charleroi
|
22
|
181,000
|
Spain
|
Valencian city crossed by the Prime Meridian
|
Castellón de la Plana
|
23
|
155,000
|
Italy
|
Capital of Sardinia
|
Cagliari
|
24
|
155,000
|
United Kingdom
|
University city
|
Cambridge
|
25
|
141,000
|
France
|
Massif Central
|
Clermont-Ferrand
|
|