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Test your knowledge of Europe's largest double letter cities with our fun quiz. Choose the number of cities and see if you can achieve the highest population.

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Europe Largest Double Letter Cities

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First choose the number of cities by typing ’50’, ‘100’, ‘250’, or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among Europe 10K+ double letter cities you chose. Double letter refers to the city name containing two letters in a row (not separated by a space or other punctuation). Tried to use most common English spellings.

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WalkerX

1 year ago

Also, Den Haag is way bigger than some of the cities on the 540 city game, and it is not accepted.

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WalkerX

1 year ago

I don’t get it. I chose 50, and Maastricht is not on there, while the smaller Heerlen is. Am I misunderstanding the game?

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darin

1 year ago

Reply to WalkerX

Populations are from here:
https://citypopulation.de/en/netherlands/cities/
Netherlands uses urban centres to count with their census.

Joelle

5 years ago

I’d love some of these for Africa and Asia!

Sikkebaard

7 years ago

please accept Reggio Emilia as an alternative and correct name for Reggio nellEmilia

subway13

10 years ago

what about L’Hospitalet de LLobregat?

Ovamiat

8 years ago

Reply to subway13

Or Hannover, which is the official name of Hanover, Germany? (Yes, I know it’s an Anaconda-Deer Lodge situation… IN EUROPE!)