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Biggest European Cities by Letter

Guess the most populous urban areas in Europe that starts with each letter A-Z.
Includes cities that straddle Europe and Asia
Urban area population, as of 2018, according to citypopulation.de and Wikipedia
Except in the Ruhr area, where each city is counted separately, rather than being grouped together
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Last updated: September 20, 2018
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First submittedFebruary 8, 2013
Times taken69,517
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Letter
Population
City
A
3,375,000
Athens
B
4,700,000
Barcelona
C
1,650,000
Copenhagen
D
1,370,000
Dublin
E
583,084
Essen
F
3,225,000
Frankfurt
G
1,660,000
Glasgow
H
2,825,000
Hamburg
I
14,800,000
Istanbul
J
212,876
Jerez de la Frontera
K
3,450,000
Kiev
L
14,600,000
London
M
17,000,000
Moscow
Letter
Population
City
N
4,225,000
Naples
O
1,170,000
Oslo
P
11,300,000
Paris
Q
127,286
Quimper
R
3,600,000
Rome
S
5,550,000
Saint Petersburg
T
1,660,000
Turin
U
1,130,000
Ufa
V
2,250,000
Vienna
W
2,230,000
Warsaw
X
70,873
Xanthi
Y
1,630,000
Yekaterinburg
Z
1,400,000
Zürich
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Feb 27, 2013
spent most of my time trying to figure out what "I" city in Europe could possibly be bigger than London.... of course I didn't get it because I don't even usually think of Turkey as part of Europe. But I still scored in the 70th percentile even with all that wasted time...
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2013
I know that I'm being somewhat inconsistent here. However, the majority of the population of Istanbul is in Europe, so that's why I count it. I also left an explanatory note and put it in bold. I will be changing the "Biggest Cities in Europe" quiz to reflect this as well.
Ozchris
+1
Level 40
Mar 5, 2013
Ya!!! Thanks Quizzy, I've been arguing this one for ages. As you say, most of the city is in Europe. Even just counting the European side, its still the largest I. Great quiz BTW. Also, can you please add St Petersburg as an acceptable answer?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 7, 2013
St Petersburg would have worked.
Shade9099
+2
Level 60
Apr 30, 2018
Where is Hamsterdam
someone2018
+7
Level 82
Jun 24, 2018
Hamsterdam suffered catastrophic population loss after the invasion of Herc.
Jerry928
+1
Level 74
Apr 26, 2015
With around 4.4 million living in Asian side, maybe worth subtracting that from the given Istanbul population to get the true European population there? Here's the corresponding quiz for Asian cities.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 26, 2015
With the clue at the top now it's almost too easy. :) Still tough picking up some of these though... Queluz?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 17, 2020
This time I remembered Queluz, but that's not the answer anymore. X-P
Simsy84
+2
Level 72
Feb 27, 2013
I got Jerez, at 0%. BOOM!
finglehorn
+1
Level 60
Feb 27, 2013
never would have guessed that there were so many german cities
Zefyrinus
+4
Level 67
Mar 1, 2013
No X? There are some X cities in Greece, like Xanthi and Xylokastro.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 18, 2015
Added Xanthi!
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 67
Apr 28, 2015
Yay! Though now I didn't get it now that I took the quiz for a second time. D'oh!
hispanoangloaustrofenicios
+1
Level 55
Jul 30, 2019
Maybe the urban area of Xàtiva in València is bigger than Xanthi's?
ayad217
+2
Level 28
Mar 27, 2013
25/25 with 1:45 left BALLER STATUS
sillie
+1
Level 82
May 14, 2014
Couldn't think of Kiev at all. Then thought "Kiel", not even sure if it's a city or just a channel, but mistyped that as Kiev. Took a minute to realise even :)
camus
+2
Level 74
Dec 16, 2018
Kiel is the capital city of one of the German states. It's slightly smaller than Kiev though ;)
dakgrl
+1
Level 55
Jul 21, 2014
kept trying Istanbul. not sure how I spelled it wrong....
Liopleurodon
+1
Level 66
Jan 1, 2015
I got Essen but not Naples *Facepalm*
HashiramaMadara
+1
Level 44
Jan 9, 2015
Sankt petersburg is correct answer!!!
georgekotz
+6
Level 71
Apr 7, 2015
In Russian it is Sankt Peterburg, without an 's', if that's the point you're making.
someone2018
+1
Level 82
Aug 16, 2018
Haha. Weeded one out.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Jan 7, 2021
Sankt Petersburg (with a capital P) is the name in German.
azteque316
+2
Level 67
Mar 28, 2015
Was knowing Quimper, France but never heard of Queluz
ruimateus
+1
Level 68
Aug 8, 2017
It's in the Lisbon metro area. Famous for its palace
BobSaget
+2
Level 80
Apr 26, 2015
Ufa is a very very bad word in Samoan. Just saying.
SaturnTheQuizzer
+1
Level 66
Oct 31, 2017
How do you know? Are you from Oceania?
Jerry928
+3
Level 74
Dec 16, 2018
Well, this place is a very very bad word in English. Just saying. (Had to go visit there when I was in the area, like I'm sure a million tittering English-speakers have done before)
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Jan 7, 2021
Unfortunately they recently changed their name to 'Fugging'.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 62
Jan 7, 2021
Did you also see WonderWhy's video today?! Sad news...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2019
I wonder what, cause translator does not translate it..

Edit: nvm, I found it another way ;)

JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Jan 7, 2021
I don't believe you're Samoan. So how do you know?
Russki35
+1
Level 55
Apr 28, 2015
No way Barcelona is bigger than Berlin
SignorAl
+1
Level 27
Sep 8, 2015
Rome is the most populated city in Italy, so it is not possible that Naples has more people than Rome.

If you consider the municipality population:

Rome: 2,869,461 vs Naples: 990,000 (2014 estimate)

If you consider the metropolitan population:

Rome: 4,321,244 vs Naples: 3,128,000 (2014 estimate)

Carry
+1
Level 63
Jun 8, 2016
I believe that your last number for Naples is the urban area. The metropolitan area does have around 4,400,000 people according to Wikipedia. But for Rome the (metropolitan CITY) number is said to be 4,333,689.
secksmaster
+2
Level 58
Jul 26, 2020
cough cough Milan
alburquirky
+1
Level 59
Feb 15, 2016
I was sure Quimper, France was atleast 78,000, apparently not
macie22austria
+2
Level 44
Jun 9, 2016
Zürich is spelled with an ü.
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Jun 26, 2017
It's not (usually) spelled with an umlaut in English (or in French for that matter, from which we probably get the spelling in English).
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Jun 26, 2017
Don't do the Chinese quizzes Macie, they don't even have the same letters as you are used to, Zurich is 苏黎世
someone2018
+1
Level 82
Dec 17, 2018
In English it's a U, not an U.
ManuB
+1
Level 67
Aug 22, 2016
Quimper, population (urban area) 124,930 (2011), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimper

(English version gives city proper only)

PjotrL
+1
Level 70
Jun 6, 2017
Thought of Xanten, Germany for the X and Quimper, France for the Q. However the source used (citypopulation) has Xanten (22.000) and Quimper (63.000) lower than those listed.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 11, 2018
Based on info from @ManuB, I updated the quiz to use Quimper instead of Queluz.
Borgir
+1
Level 60
Dec 28, 2016
Tried Jekaterinburg for J, had no idea it can be spelled with a Y
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 80
May 1, 2017
citypopulation.de lists Cologne-Dusseldorf at 4.9 million. How does that urban area lose out on both the C title and the D title to a couple of sub 2-million cities? (Your disclaimer about the Ruhrgebiet doesn't apply, because these cities are south of the Ruhrgebiet.)
PjotrL
+1
Level 70
Jun 6, 2017
Even better, Citypopulation lists the Urban Area of Cologne-Bonn over 2 million, which would still make it bigger than Copenhagen. https://citypopulation.de/php/germany-urbanareas.php
mattlaingg
+1
Level 50
Jun 8, 2017
Edinburgh and Quimper?
1morelight
+1
Level 53
Jul 23, 2017
Tried for Essex on E. Made a typo. Huh, it's Essen. Okay then.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 77
Aug 18, 2018
Essex isn't even a city.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2019
Essen is in germany essex is (a county in) uk.
RPHXX
+3
Level 67
Oct 20, 2017
Cologne is bigger than Copenhagen ! Even if you don't use the Ruhr Area !!!
ElPepe
+1
Level 59
Nov 3, 2017
Frankfurt only has around 600k
Dijko
+1
Level 45
Jan 1, 2018
I would've never guessed the answers to J, Y or Q
Xenops
+2
Level 66
Jan 30, 2018
I've been to Athens and yet I completely forgot it. :(
diokhan777
+1
Level 39
Apr 20, 2018
Got Essen, but didn't thought of Copenhagen and Zurich -.-
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 80
Aug 11, 2018
Citypopulation.de lists Edinburgh at 794,040, well above the 583,040 you have listed for Essen.
communisteggplant
+1
Level 71
Aug 12, 2018
It's tricky. Edinburgh's population in the "Agglomerations" section is 794,040, but if you click on the "cities and countries of the UK" link you only get 400K or so. I'm guessing the others are Agglomerations, so I second it being switched? Then again, Essen's "agglomeration" is probably bigger than that number... I'm assuming QM thought about this.
someone2018
+2
Level 82
Aug 16, 2018
Why, after all this time of lumping Düsseldorf, Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Wuppertal and occasionally Cologne and Bonn as one urban area of anywhere from 5-11 million, is Essen all of a sudden a small European metropolis? It's the bull's eye center of all that if it's consistently considered one urban area.
eibi
+1
Level 74
Nov 5, 2018
And inconsistent when looking at Frankfurt. 3 millions must be counting various cities between which and Frankfurt there are a lot of tractors and forests (except for adjacent Offenbach). Anyway, what else is there with F? Frederikstad, Faro, Firenze, Fllakë. Also Frankivsk-Ivano and Ferrand-Clermont, of course. Frankfurt is still bigger :)
Auteuil1991
+1
Level 57
Mar 30, 2019
*Clermont-Ferrand ;)
MayaB
+1
Level 70
Aug 16, 2018
I got Xanthi and missed Vienna... oh, well...
ZenI
+1
Level 44
Sep 2, 2018
I suggest you specify what you mean by 'straddle Europe and Asia' (i.e. the Ural mountains) , otherwise I expect many of us think of Istanbul rather than Ufa...Great quiz, by the way, thanks.
Chelsea2Champs
+3
Level 16
Dec 16, 2018
I thought Yekaterinburg was in Asia. It is outside the European section of Russia as far as I am concerned.
M100
+1
Level 34
Dec 16, 2018
So as Ufa
promastermage
+1
Level 65
Jun 3, 2019
Ufa is definitely located in Europe, as the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
frasuli
+1
Level 47
Dec 16, 2018
Ankara 5.4 M, Eskisehir 844 K Urfa 2 M. If you're looking for biggest cities and if you accept Yekateringburg and Ufa. Just saying :) Nice quiz
MoloTxD
+1
Level 24
Dec 25, 2019
While Ufa is definitely in Europe (it is west of both main ridge of the Urals and of the Ural river), Yekaterinburg is as definitely in Asia. So while your suggestions are all out, Yekaterinburg should also be substituted with something else (don't know what exactly, though).
YantheMan
+2
Level 65
Dec 16, 2018
Well that was way, way harder than I expected.
MarlowePI
+1
Level 68
Dec 16, 2018
Dangit, I thought to (incorrectly) guess Edinburgh for "E," but neglected to guess Glasgow for "G."
caesaria
+1
Level 74
Dec 17, 2018
I only tried Quimper as a joke! :D I remembered the city because my friend once went on holiday there and we used to make fun of the name.^^ Never actually thought that it might be the biggest "Q" city in Europe...
Kevinmak
+1
Level 47
Dec 17, 2018
That metropolitan area of London is ridiculously large, some places included are 50miles away!
mrnotok
+1
Level 20
Jan 15, 2019
Get your numbers straight, eg Frankfurt
Carry
+1
Level 63
Dec 19, 2019
The number is a bit odd. Wikipedia says the urban area has a population of 2,319,029 (1/2017) and citypopulation says 1,508,700 (12/2018).
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2019
Man the timeconstraint makes this very tough, all the answers dissappear from my mind !! (did end up with 16, with one interuption of the doorbell)

Should ve gotten zurich, glasgow and I guess naples too.

I did get essen of the ones that didnt score too high. Hadnt heard of the ujqx ones.

kpat
+1
Level 56
Sep 28, 2019
Great quiz! Didn't accept St. Petersburg :(
MichaelT
+1
Level 26
Apr 24, 2020
Yekaterinburg is in Asia
JonOfKent
+1
Level 46
Jun 27, 2020
So many cities beginning with B...
daQuokka
+1
Level 55
Aug 31, 2020
I got Yekaterinburg, Ufa and Xanthi, but not Rome.

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buck1017
+2
Level 72
Nov 4, 2020
I'm really surprised at "E." I thought it was Edinburgh for sure. Only reason i got Essen was because it's one of the cities in the game "Pandemic" :-)
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Jan 7, 2021
I was surprised, too. According to Wikipedia, Edinburgh's metro area is 901,455, but the urban area is only 512,150 to Essen's 582,760.
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