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Biggest Cities in The Netherlands

Can you name the 15 most populous municipalities in Netherlands?
Population as of January 2014 according to Wikipedia
City proper population, not urban area
Provinces with the same name as a city are hidden until you guess the city
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Last updated: November 15, 2016
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First submittedApril 13, 2012
Times taken22,679
Rating4.46
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Population
Province
Municipality
810,909
North Holland
Amsterdam
618,467
South Holland
Rotterdam
508,592
South Holland
The Hague
328,577
Utrecht
Utrecht
220,782
North Brabant
Eindhoven
210,382
North Brabant
Tilburg
198,108
Groningen
Groningen
196,156
Flevoland
Almere
Population
Province
Municipality
179,999
North Brabant
Breda
168,499
Gelderland
Nijmegen
158,542
Overijssel
Enschede
157,535
Gelderland
Apeldoorn
155,205
North Holland
Haarlem
150,943
Utrecht
Amersfoort
150,911
North Holland
Zaanstad
ixn
+2
Level 23
Jul 19, 2013
I only got 2. Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
tschaumann
+6
Level 41
May 22, 2015
I am sitting here in holland and only got 14.
ZwartebroekengeIetrui
+2
Level 31
Jan 8, 2017
Also Holland only got 12
ibi26
+2
Level 38
Aug 22, 2018
I guess my Dutch heritage got me 10 out of 15 so Hooray..?
sillie
+4
Level 81
Nov 15, 2016
Oh should've gotten Enschede, it was the one that exploded. 11/15 total which kinda sucks since I used to live there. Although that was a while ago.
sillie
+12
Level 81
Nov 15, 2016
Even Apeldoorn bellen..
Jealous1sEnvy
+2
Level 83
Jan 8, 2017
Hahaha
Yamaneko
+3
Level 75
Jan 8, 2017
I only typed it because of FC Twente
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 65
Nov 22, 2016
only got 3but im from america
mariposita
+3
Level 67
Jan 8, 2017
Ik vergat Enschede maar was er de vorige week -_-
rawe
+2
Level 66
Jan 8, 2017
Got 8, 5 thanks to football.
Yamaneko
+6
Level 75
Jan 8, 2017
Let me guess: Willem II, FC Twente, Groningen, NEC and last but not least, Nooit Ophouden Altijd Doorzetten Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda.
Natascha
+4
Level 52
Jan 8, 2017
Would have thought Arnhem is bigger than Apeldoorn.
Yamaneko
+3
Level 75
Jan 8, 2017
And 's-Hertogenbosch, which I think is the capital city of Noord Brabant too.
AlBaTross19
+2
Level 21
Apr 12, 2018
Arnhem is actually bigger than Apeldoorn, but this quiz ranks them by municipality, and Apeldoorn is a huge municipality
Yamaneko
+3
Level 75
Jan 8, 2017
Fine quiz, but must accept 's-Gravenhage for The Hague.
ahertzy
+6
Level 73
Jan 8, 2017
only got 4 but i'm from burma / western sahara / gaza strip / the asian part of cyprus / the european part of russia
Nilles
+6
Level 49
Dec 17, 2019
Isn't the "asian side of Cyprus" all of Cyprus
TheodoreE45
+2
Level 86
Apr 30, 2021
Kind of like being on the African side of Kenya.
Jorissie
+2
Level 83
Jan 9, 2017
Only missed Zaanstad (I'm from The Netherlands)
paula05
+2
Level 41
Jan 14, 2017
Got 9.
jajaco2017
+2
Level 60
Jan 16, 2017
got them all
m1988
+2
Level 43
Mar 9, 2017
Zaanstad is not a city!
HetWasJarno
+2
Level 44
Nov 19, 2017
Yes, Zaanstad is not a city, it has to be Zaandam, Zaanstad is a area around Zaandam.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 20, 2017
Zaanstad is a municipality. I'm not 100% sure of the distinction between city and municipality, but the Wikipedia data lists population by municipality.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Dec 6, 2018
Maybe change the name of the quiz to biggest municipalities then? So there is no confusion.

Cause even if zaanstad is guessed 11% correct. Pretty sure none of those were done on peoples first try. Must have come from people trying to get them all right and retaking the quiz.

I don't even think that people that live in one of the (apparently seven) cities in the region of zaanstad will have given it as an answer ;)

Zych
+1
Level 55
Jan 4, 2022
I'm from there and I did.
Zych
+1
Level 55
Jan 4, 2022
Yes it is.
ingriddurden
+3
Level 60
Nov 12, 2017
I thought maastricht and delft were bigger. They are not. Learned something new again
NQChien
+2
Level 59
Aug 22, 2018
Nice, how can you make the hint appear after an answer is correctly guessed (Utrecht in this case)?
WT2008
+6
Level 75
Aug 25, 2018
Surprised Maastricht wasn't on the list.
bassdude
+2
Level 18
Oct 5, 2018
got 6 but thought of 4 more that were not on the list so my Dutch geography is okay should have got Utrecht really
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Dec 6, 2018
I was surprised den bosch/'s hertogenbosch wasn't on it either.

Checked, and apparently it would ve been the next one on this list. (recent study found here https://toponderzoek.nl/2017/07/31/aantal-inwoners/)

But I must add, the quizname mentions cities, zaanstad isn't a city but a collection of them, seven to be precise. The city with the highest inhabitants only has approximately 75.000

Zaandam - 76.804

Assendelft - 23.459

Krommenie (inclusief Krommeniedijk) - 17.226

Wormerveer - 11.803

Koog aan de Zaan - 11.133

Zaandijk - 8.686

Westzaan - 4.621

(source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaanstad)

Would ve been fine with having it on the list if the quiz was, biggest municipalities. But the name of the quiz contains city. (just tried to read the wikipedia entries of municipalities and city proper, things are spinning haha, even in my own language it would ve been complicated I think)

Not even sure I ever heard of zaanstad, Zaandam I did know though.

divantilya
+2
Level 37
Jun 23, 2019
what happened to s'gravenhage?
CatcoolH
+2
Level 55
Jan 14, 2020
Yeah, the Dutch name of The Hague is Den Haag and that comes from s'Gravenshage.
woshiwaiguoren
+2
Level 63
Dec 15, 2020
As an America, I got: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Haarlem and Utrecht, the last two because they are the namesakes of neighborhoods in New York. I was surprised that Delft didn't work.
FantaCool420
+1
Level 33
Feb 28, 2021
Bullied myself into getting 100% after 2 weeks, damn.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 83
Mar 21, 2021
I got 8.

The top 3 just from general awareness

The next 3 thanks to following European football

One (Nijmegen) thanks to "A Bridge Too Far"

And one (Haarlem) thanks to years of quiz-taking on JetPunk. (thanks, JetPunk!)

Pharley
+1
Level 69
Apr 16, 2021
Arnhem had a population of 159,265 in 2019 and is one of the larger cities of the Netherlands
Wesgamebro
+1
Level 17
Apr 29, 2021
I only missed Breda Enschede And Zaanstad but leiden is bigger than Zaanstad
thailand
+1
Level 42
Jul 5, 2021
Tell me I'm not the only one that typed ''Amsterdam'' and then gave up?
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