Source: Paul Bairoch, Jean Batou and Pierre Chevre (1988) La population des villes europeennes, banque de donnees

et analyse We only have indicated those cities which had populations that exceeded the limit of 10.000 inhabitants For Cordoba we give two figures: those of Bairoch et.al. and the much lower estimates by Glick 1979; our estimates of u In red: interpolations _______________________________________________________________________________________ Original data from Bairoch et al numbers of inhabitants in thousands of cities with more than 10.000 inhabitants interpolations and extrapolations of missing data in Bairoch are indicated in red area country city 800 900 1000 interpolation 1200

area CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE CentrE Boh Boh Boh Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Brit Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran

country city 800 Slovakia Brno Poland Elblag Poland Gdansk Poland Krakow Poland Poznan Poland Szczecin Poland Torun Poland Wroclaw Hungary Buda Hungary Pest Denmark Kobenhaven Czech rep.Olomouc Czech rep.Plzen Czech rep.Praha UK Bristol UK Coventry UK Edinburgh UK London UK Norwich UK Plymouth UK Winchester UK York Ireland Armagh Ireland Dublin Ireland New-Ross France Aix France Amiens France Angers France Arles France Arras France Avignon France Bayonne France Beauvais France Beziers France Bordeaux France Bourges France Caen France Cambrai France Carcassonne France Chalons-sur-Marne France Dieppe

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Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Fran Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Belg Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Neth Germ Germ Germ Germ Germ

France Dijon France Douai France Hondschoote France Laon France Lille France Lyon France Marseille France Metz France Montpellier France Nantes France Narbonne France Nice France Nimes France Orleans France Paris France Poitiers France Provins France Reims France Rennes France Rouen France St Omer France Strasbourg France Toulouse France Tours France Troyes France Valenciennes Belgium Antwerpen Belgium Brugge Belgium Bruxelles Belgium Gent Belgium Ieper Belgium Leuven Belgium Liege Belgium Mechelen Belgium Mons Belgium Tournai Netherlands msterdam A Netherlands elft D Netherlands eventer D Netherlands ordrecht D Netherlands ouda G Netherlands roningen G Netherlands aarlem H Netherlands ampen K Netherlands eiden L Netherlands aastricht M Netherlands ijmegen N Netherlands Gravenhage s Netherlands Hertogenbosch s Netherlands trecht U Netherlands wolle Z Germany Aachen Germany Augsburg Germany Braunschweig Germany Bremen Germany Erfurt

10 12 25

28 15 14

25 20 16

22 21 21

20 10 22 25 27 13 31

12

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20 10 10 10 10

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16 65 16 16 12 13

27 110 21 20 11 15 10 10 20 20 12 15 15 25 25 40

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Germany Frankfurt a Main Germany Frankfurt a Oder Germany Freiburg Germany Goerlitz Germany Goslar Germany Halle Germany Hamburg Germany Heidelberg Germany Hildesheim Germany Koeln Germany Leipzig Germany Luebeck Germany Magdeburg Germany Mainz Germany Mecklenburg Germany Muenchen Germany Muenster Germany Noerdlingen Germany Nuernberg Germany Osnabrueck Germany Regensburg Germany Rostock Germany Soest Germany Speyer Germany Stralsund Germany Trier Germany Ulm Germany Worms Zwitserland Basel Zwitserland Geneve Austria Wien Italy Agrigento Italy Alessandria Italy Amalfi Italy Aquila Italy Arezzo Italy Asti Italy Aversa Italy Bari Italy Barletta Italy Bergamo Italy Bologna Italy Brescia Italy Catania Italy Como Italy Corleone Italy Crema Italy Cremona Italy Enna Italy Faenza Italy Ferrara Italy Firenze Italy Forli Italy Genova Italy Gravina Italy Lecce

12

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Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia

Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain

Lucca Mantua Matera Messina Milano Modena Monza Napoli 50 Nicosia Orvieta Otranto Padova Palermo 10 Parma Pavia Perugia Piacenza Pisa Pistoia Polizzi Generosa Prato Ravenna Reggio nell Emilia Rimini Roma 50 Salerno Sassari Siena Siracusa Spoleto Taranto Torino Trapani Treviso Udine Venezia Vicenza Viterbo Braga Coimbra Evora Lisboa 15 Porto Santarem Alcazar de san Juan Almeria Antequera Arcos de la Frontera Avila Badajoz Baena Baeza Barbastro 28 Barcelona Burgos Cartagena

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Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia

Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain

Cordoba 160 Cordoba(GLICK) 75 Cuenca Ecija Elvira 15 Granada 15 Huesca Jaen Jativa Jerze de la frontera 12 Leon Lerida Madrid Malaga Medina de rio Seco Medina del Campo Merida 30 Morella Murcia 10 Palencia Palma Plasencia Salamanca Sevilla 30 Toledo 25 Ubeda Valencia Valladolid Zaragoza

240 95

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Calculations based on Bairoch et al.; in year: 800 0 0 0 152 0 0 105 0 0 120 255

Urban Totals in thousands per area CentrE Boh Brit Fran Belg Neth Germ Zwitz Austr Italy Iberia

900 0 0 10 147 0 0 126 0 0 197 381

1000 0 10 77 249 24 0 198 0 0 713 624

1100 0 10 65 340 34 0 208 0 0 703 540

1200 10 10 69 610 125 25 285 0 12 853 567

Urban totals per century in thousands of inhabitants

9th CentrE Boh Brit 0 0 5

10th 0 5 43.5

11th 0 10 71

12th 5 10 67

Fran Belg Neth Germ Zwitz Austr Italy Iberia

149.5 0 0 115.5 0 0 158.5 318

198 12 0 162 0 0 455 502.5

294.5 29 0 203 0 0 708 582

475 79.5 12.5 246.5 0 6 778 553.5

Total area population in millions CentrE Boh Brit Fran Belg Neth Germ Zwitz Austr Italy Iberia total

9th 2.5 0.7 1.3 5.2 0.3 0.2 3.3 0.3 0.6 4.3 4.2 22.9

10th 3.2 0.7 1.8 5.8 0.4 0.3 3.4 0.3 0.7 4.8 4.4 25.8

11th 3.7 0.8 2.3 7.2 0.5 0.4 3.8 0.4 0.8 5.4 4.9 30.2

12th 3.8 1.1 3.0 9.1 0.8 0.5 5.0 0.5 1.1 6.5 5.9 37.3

Urban population as percentage of area total: CentrE Boh Brit Fran Belg Neth Germ Zwitz Austr Italy Iberia

9th 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 3.7 7.6

10th 0.0 0.7 2.4 3.4 3.0 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 9.5 11.4

11th 0.0 1.3 3.1 4.1 5.8 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 13.1 11.9

12th 0.1 0.9 2.2 5.2 9.9 2.5 4.9 0.0 0.5 12.0 9.4

Extra: Iberian Peninsula distinction between Muslim and Christian areas Urban inhabitants of Muslim Spain numbers of inhabitants in thousands interpolations and extrapolations of missing data in Bairoch are indicated in red area Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia country Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal Spain city 800 Braga Coimbra Evora Lisboa 15 Porto Santarem Alcazar de san Juan 900 1000 interpolation 1200

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Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Iberia Totals Muslim Iberia Totals Christian Iberia

Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain

Almeria Antequera Arcos de la Frontera Avila Badajoz Baena Baeza Barbastro 28 Barcelona Burgos Cartagena Cordoba 160 Cordoba(Glick) 75 Cuenca Ecija Elvira 15 Granada 15 Huesca Jaen Jativa Jerze de la frontera 12 Leon Lerida Madrid Malaga Medina de rio Seco Medina del Campo Merida 30 Morella Murcia 10 Palencia Palma Plasencia Salamanca Sevilla 30 Toledo 25 Ubeda Valencia Valladolid Zaragoza 255 0

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90 37 15

85 35 20 20 495 45

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10 381 0

17 591 33

371 196

Urban Totals Iberia per century 9th Muslim Christian 318 0 10th 486 16.5 11th 543 39 12th 433 120.5

Population Iberia (estimate) in millions per century 9th Muslim Christian 3.4 0.8 10th 3.5 0.9 11th 2.9 2 12th 3.0 2.9

Iberian urbanisation ratio in percent 9th Muslim Christian 9.4 0.0 10th 13.9 1.8 11th 18.7 2.0 12th 14.4 4.2

es villes europeennes, banque de donnees et analyse sommaire des resultats 800-1850. Geneve, Librairie Droz. ceeded the limit of 10.000 inhabitants uch lower estimates by Glick 1979; our estimates of urbanization ratios are based on the lower figures _______________________________________________

than 10.000 inhabitants

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1300 22 50 122 873 206 46 418 0 20 1362 770

1400 60 95 92 771 317 10 360 10 20 895 635

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13th 16 30 95.5

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822 261.5 28 389 5 20 1128.5 702.5

859.5 296 78 392.5 16 20 1068 707.5

13th 6.5 1.5 4.3 13.3 1.1 0.7 7.5 0.7 1.6 8.6 7.6 53.4

14th 6.8 1.7 4.2 13.5 1.0 0.7 7.8 0.7 1.6 8.5 7.6 54.1

15th 7.4 1.6 4.3 13.0 1.0 0.8 7.8 0.7 1.6 8.5 7.1 53.8

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15th 11.7 9.8