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). While there is no official 'city status' in Dutch law (see City rights in the Netherlands), the general consensus is that a city constitutes a population of more than 30,000-50,000 inhabitants.. Smaller places are sometimes also considered cities, especially if they historically had city rights or if they function as an urban center in a rural area. Cities with between 100,000 and 250,000 inhabitants are mostly called 'middelgrote steden' (medium-sized cities), while the use of 'grote steden' (big cities) is usually reserved for Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.
Flevoland
Friesland
- Bolsward
- Dokkum
- Drachten
- Franeker
- Harlingen
- Heerenveen
- Hindeloopen
- IJlst
- Leeuwarden
- Sloten
- Sneek
- Stavoren
- Workum
Gelderland
- Apeldoorn
- Arnhem
- Bredevoort
- Buren
- Culemborg
- Dieren
- Doetinchem
- Ede
- Groenlo
- Harderwijk
- Hattem
- Huissen
- Nijkerk
- Nijmegen
- Tiel
- Wageningen
- Wijchen
- Winterswijk
- Zaltbommel
- Zutphen
- Deil
- Enspijk
Groningen
- Appingedam
- Delfzijl
- Groningen
- Hoogezand-Sappemeer
- Stadskanaal
- Winschoten
Limburg
- Geleen
- Gennep
- Heerlen
- Kerkrade
- Kessel
- Landgraaf
- Maastricht
- Nieuwstadt
- Roermond
- Sittard
- Schin op Geul
- Stein
- Thorn
- Valkenburg aan de Geul
- Venlo
- Weert
North Brabant
- Bergen op Zoom
- Breda
- 's-Hertogenbosch
- Eindhoven
- Geertruidenberg
- Grave
- Helmond
- Heusden
- Klundert
- Oosterhout
- Oss
- Ravenstein
- Roosendaal
- Tilburg
- Waalwijk
- Willemstad
- Woudrichem
North Holland
- Alkmaar
- Amstelveen
- Amsterdam
- Den Helder
- Edam, Volendam
- Enkhuizen
- Haarlem
- Heerhugowaard
- Hilversum
- Hoofddorp (municipality of the Haarlemmermeerpolder)
- Hoorn
- Laren
- Purmerend
- Medemblik
- Monnickendam
- Muiden
- Naarden
- Schagen
- Weesp
- Zaanstad
Overijssel
- Almelo
- Blokzijl
- Deventer
- Enschede
- Genemuiden
- Hasselt
- Hengelo
- Kampen
- Oldenzaal
- Steenwijk
- Vollenhove
- Zwolle
South Holland
- Alphen aan den Rijn
- Delft
- Dordrecht
- Gorinchem
- Gouda
- Leiden
- Rotterdam
- Spijkenisse
- The Hague (Dutch: 's-Gravenhage or Den Haag)
- Zoetermeer
Utrecht
- Amersfoort
- Houten
- Leersum
- Nieuwegein
- Rhenen
- Utrecht
- Veenendaal
- Vreeland
- Woerden
- Zeist
Zeeland
- Arnemuiden
- Goes
- Hulst
- Middelburg
- Sluis
- Terneuzen
- Veere
- Vlissingen (English: Flushing)
- Zierikzee
See also
- List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people
- List of places in the Netherlands
- List of towns that were granted city rights in the Netherlands
- Municipalities in the Netherlands
- Provinces of the Netherlands
Categories: Lists of cities by country | Cities in the Netherlands | Netherlands-related lists | Lists of cities in Europe
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