The largest Western European city in 1200 was Palermo, with 150 thousand inhabitants. This is a great decrease in the number 150 years previously, where the population was 350 thousand. The city of Cordova also decreased by almost 400 thousand in this time, possibly because of the declining Arabian control and influence in the area. Seville is the third largest city on this list, although it's overall population decreased by ten thousand since 1050. The largest cities are generally in Spain or Italy, although the second largest city on this list is Paris, with 110 thousand inhabitants. In the lists that follow, Paris remains at the top as either the largest (1500 and 1650) or second largest (1330 and 1800) city in Western Europe.
Largest cities in western Europe in 1200
(in 1,000s of inhabitants)
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Harvard University, & NBER. (March 1, 1992). Largest cities in western Europe in 1200 (in 1,000s of inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1021982/thirty-largest-cities-western-europe-1200/
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