List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people

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This is a list of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people ranked by population size. The data as of October 27, 2008 are based on the publication Kerncijfers wijken en buurten (translation: "Main data districts and neighbourhoods") of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

Cities are here limited by the municipality boundaries (so that municipalities always have an equal or higher population size as the city). However, the CBS does not suggest which districts within a municipality should be considered part of a city, making the given population numbers arbitrary to some extent. For example Zaanstad, with 141,000 inhabitants, is excluded in the current version as the continuous urban area within its municipality is not considered one city by some.

Rank	City	Population	Province	Notes
1	Amsterdam	739,290	North Holland	excl. Driemond and Landelijk Noord
2	Rotterdam	539,650	South Holland	excl. Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet and Pernis
3	The Hague	473,940	South Holland	Dutch name: Den Haag
4	Utrecht	255,200	Utrecht	excl. Vleuten, De Meern, and Haarzuilens
5	Eindhoven	209,700	North Brabant
6	Almere	185,430	Flevoland	only Almere Stad
7	Tilburg	182,150	North Brabant	excl. Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout
8	Groningen	166.120	Groningen	excl. Engelbert, Hoogkerk, Middelbert and Noorderhoogebrug
9	Nijmegen	151,030	Gelderland	excl. Lent and Oosterhout
10	Haarlem	146,960	North Holland	excl.Bloemendaal, Hillegom, Heemstede, Velsen, Overveen
11	Arnhem	140,780	Gelderland	excl. Schaarsbergen
12	Breda	139,810	North Brabant	excl. Bavel, Effen, Prinsenbeek, Teteringen and Ulvenhout
13	Apeldoorn	136,510	Gelderland	excl. Beekbergen, Hoenderloo, Hoog Soeren, Klarenbeek, Lieren, Loenen, Uddel and Ugchelen
14	Enschede	132,560	Overijssel	excl. Boekelo, Glanerbrug, Lonneker and Usselo
15	Amersfoort	126,750	Utrecht	excl. Hoogland and Hooglanderveen
16	Dordrecht	118,540	South Holland
17	Zoetermeer	118,020	South Holland
18	Leiden	117,480	South Holland
19	Maastricht	116,200	Limburg	excl. Borgharen and Itteren
20	Zwolle	112,250	Overijssel	excl. Brinkhoek, Haerst, Herfte, Langenholte, Wijthmen and Windesheim
21	's-Hertogenbosch	102,220	North Brabant	excl. Bokhoven, Empel, Engelen, Kruisstraat, Maliskamp and Rosmalen