European capital cities by area

here's the list of the European capitals, from the biggest area, to the smallest one. I was really surprised! wow!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_capital_cities_by_area

If we visited areas that are now parts of other countries, what should we say?

I was in Macedonia when it was part of Yugoslavia.

i don't really understand your question. what does that have to do with the cities?

Paris is absurdily small in extension. Do all the people live in that island in the middle of the Seine river or what?.

" Paris is absurdily small in extension. Do all the people live in that island in the middle of the Seine river or what?. "


What you call "paris" is the administrative city of Paris. Its area hasn't been extented since more than one century: while the constructed area have been expending since lonf time ago the official limts of Paris.

Said that, Paris city (administrative area) is relatively small in size (about 12km/8km); but in the same time shows very high population density (those kind of densities that are usually found in Asia or mediterranean areas only, while northern European cities such as London or Berlin, for the same surface in their centers have densities 3 to 5 times lower. In terms of density Paris is comparable (even bit higher) to Barcelona or Naples city centers)

If we consider the whole urban area (not only the administrative city), Paris urban area is; with London, the most popoulous of western Europe; but withing an areas much less extended (even if it still much bigger in size than the administrative city itself).

2,2 million people live in the administrative city of Paris, while about 10 millions live in the agglomeration; and about 12 millions in the urban area.

http://www.cijoint.fr/cj200910/cijean5prH.jpg

this comparision Paris/London explains well: the red line is the administrative limit of the cities; the rose area is the urbanized areas, and the dark rose area is the densiest areas (of equivelent densities).

<<Said that, Paris city (administrative area) is relatively small in size (about 12km/8km); but in the same time shows very high population density (those kind of densities that are usually found in Asia or mediterranean areas only,

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Rome, one of the most populous mediterranean cities is also one of the biggest in extension in Europe.

Lisbon:

80 square km. How is it possible? Lisbon has several millions .

" Rome, one of the most populous mediterranean cities is also one of the biggest in extension in Europe. "


you confuse two very different things: the extension of the administrative limit of the city (the municipality), and the extension of the real urbanized area.

In the case of Rome, the urbanized area is smaller than the municipality; in the case of london, it is about egual; while in the case of Paris the municipality is much much smaller than the real urbanized area.

actually the most extended municipality in France is not even Paris but Arles... which is a urbanized area of about 100 000 pp only! Most of that municipality (99% of it) is actually an almost empty countryside.

interesting information taking into account that Moscow is the most populous city in Europe and one of the largest metropolitain areas in the world.