List of cities in the Netherlands by province
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This is a list of large cities and towns in the Netherlands, sorted by province.
There are no words in the Netherlands which exactly correspond to the English concept of a 'town'. Either one lives in a 'gehucht' (hamlet, settlement, smaller than a village), a 'dorp' (village), or a 'stad' (city). However, since some villages in the Netherlands have grown to a population of more than 150,000, it would be strange to still call those places villages. The general consensus is that a city constitutes a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants.[citation needed] Cities with between 60,000, and 100,000 inhabitants are mostly called 'middelgrote steden' (medium-sized cities)[citation needed], and the ones with over 100,000 inhabitants are mostly referred to as 'grote steden' (big cities)[citation needed].
On the other hand, some cities in the Netherlands have gained city rights centuries ago, but still have a population way below the 50,000 mark. Those cities can officially call themselves 'stad' (city), although many people will refer to them as 'dorp' (village)[citation needed].
Behind some cities in the list below, you can find information about whether they used to be a 'dorp' (village) that grew into a city, or if it is a city with less than 50,000 inhabitants. For more information about city rights, see City rights in the Netherlands.
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[edit] Drenthe
- Assen (village > 50,000 inhabitants)
- Coevorden
- Emmen (village > 50,000 inhabitants)
- Hoogeveen
- Meppel
[edit] Friesland
- Drachten (mun. Smallingerland) (village > 50,000 inhabitants)
- Harlingen (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Heerenveen (village < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Leeuwarden
- Sneek (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- IJlst (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Sloten (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Stavoren (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Hindeloopen (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Workum (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Bolsward (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Franeker (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Dokkum (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
[edit] Gelderland
- Apeldoorn (city > 100,000 inhabitants)
- Arnhem (city > 100,000 inhabitants)
- Buren
- Culemborg
- Doetinchem
- Ede (village > 100,000 inhabitants)
- Groenlo
- Harderwijk
- Hattem
- Huissen
- Nijkerk
- Nijmegen (city > 150,000 inhabitants)
- Tiel
- Wageningen
- Winterswijk
- Zaltbommel
- Zutphen (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
[edit] Groningen
- Appingedam
- Delfzijl
- Winschoten
- Groningen (City 150.000 - 200,000 inhabitants)
[edit] Limburg
- Geleen
- Heerlen (village > 50,000 inhabitants)
- Kerkrade
- Maastricht
- Roermond (city > 50,000 inhabitants)
- Sittard
- Thorn (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Valkenburg aan de Geul
- Venlo
- Weert
[edit] North Brabant
- Bergen op Zoom (city 20,000 - 75,000 inhabitants)
- Breda (city 150,000 - 200,000 inhabitants)
- 's-Hertogenbosch (city 150.000 - 200,000 inhabitants)
- Eindhoven (city > 200,000 inhabitants)
- Geertruidenberg (city < 50,000 inhabitants)
- Grave(city 20,000 - 75,000 inhabitants)
- Helmond (city 75,000 - 100,000 inhabitants)
- Heusden (city 20,000 - 75,000 inhabitants)
- Oosterhout (village 20,000 - 75,000 inhabitants)
- Oss(city 75,000 - 100,000 inhabitants)
- Ravenstein (city <20,000 inhabitants)
- Roosendaal (village 75,000 - 100,000 inhabitants)
- Tilburg (village > 200,000 inhabitants)
- Waalwijk (village 20,000 - 75,000 inhabitants)
[edit] North Holland
- Alkmaar
- Amstelveen
- Amsterdam
- Den Helder
- Edam
- Enkhuizen
- Haarlem
- Hilversum (village > 80,000 inhabitants)
- Hoofddorp (mun. Haarlemmermeer)
- Hoorn
- Laren
- Purmerend
- Medemblik (city < 10,000 inhabitants)
- Muiden (city < 10,000 inhabitants)
- Naarden (city < 20,000 inhabitants)
- Schagen (city < 20,000 inhabitants)
- Weesp (city < 20,000 inhabitants)
- Zaanstad (villages combined > 100,000 inhabitants)
[edit] Overijssel
[edit] South Holland
- Zoetermeer
- Delft
- Dordrecht
- Gorinchem
- Gouda
- Leiden
- Rotterdam
- Spijkenisse
- The Hague ('s-Gravenhage or Den Haag)
- Alphen aan den Rijn
[edit] Utrecht
[edit] Zeeland
[edit] See also
- Municipalities in the Netherlands
- List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people
- Provinces of the Netherlands
- List of towns that were granted city rights in the Netherlands
- List of places in the Netherlands
