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List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population

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Map showing large European Union cities that are 10% Muslim or more[dubious – discuss][citation needed]

Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in Europe, primarily due to immigration and higher fertility rates among Muslims.[1][2][3] Since the 1960s, immigrants from Muslim countries started to appear in numbers in Western Europe, especially in France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium. Although large Muslim communities have existed on the continent since Ottoman conquests in the late Middle Ages, especially in the Balkans, this was the first major wave of immigration of Muslims to northwestern Europe.[4]

Muslims in Europe are not a homogeneous group. They are of various national, ethnic and racial identities. The top regions of origin of Muslims in Western Europe are Turkey, the Maghreb (including Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria), and South Asia (including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan).[5]

In Western Europe, Muslims generally live in major urban areas, often concentrated in neighborhoods of large cities.[6]

According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2016 the total number of Muslims in Europe is roughly 5%. The total number of Muslims in the European Union in 2010 was about 20 million (3.8%).[7] The French capital of Paris and its metropolitan area has the largest number (2.5 million in 2019 according to INSEE)[8][9] of Muslims out of any city in Europe. According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2017 France has Europe’s largest Muslim population, with 6 million Muslims.[10]

By 2030, people of Muslim faith or origin are predicted to form about 8% of the population of Europe.[7]

The table below lists large cities of the European Union with significant Muslim populations, some estimating the percentage of Muslims by using the percentage of Asians in those cities.

City Member state % Muslim (est.)
Amsterdam  Netherlands 12.1%[11][12]
Antwerp  Belgium 17%[13]
Almeria  Spain 12% (province) [14]
Aubervilliers  France 44.52%[citation needed]
Augsburg  Germany 8.8%[citation needed]
Barcelona  Spain 5.6%[15]
Berlin  Germany 11%[16]
Le Blanc-Mesnil  France 30%[citation needed]
Créteil  France 23.3%[citation needed]
Mulhouse  France 25.7%[citation needed]
Brussels  Belgium 25%[17]
Cologne  Germany 12%[18][19][20]
Strasbourg  France 30%[citation needed]
Constanța  Romania 5.1%[21]
Copenhagen  Denmark 10%[5][6][22]
Saint-Denis  France 44.44%[citation needed]
Colombes  France 27.4%[citation needed]
Aulnay-sous-Bois  France 30.2%[citation needed]
Dobrich  Bulgaria 7.2%[23]
Dreux  France 35%[24]
Dublin  Ireland 2.11%[25]
Duisburg  Germany 15% (2011)[26][27][28]
Roubaix  France 32.4%[citation needed]
Saint-Etienne  France 22%[citation needed]
Espoo  Finland 6.7%[29][30]
Nanterre  France 30%[citation needed]
Evry  France 26.5%[citation needed]
Frankfurt  Germany 10%[31]-13% (2011) [32][33]
Florence  Italy 8% (2016)[34]
Pantin  France 32.4%[citation needed]ref>
Hamburg  Germany 10%[35]
Haskovo  Bulgaria 18.2%[23]
Helsinki  Finland 5.5%[29][30]
Nice  France 32.2%[citation needed]
Kardzhali  Bulgaria 52.8%[36]
Vénissieux  France 42%[citation needed]
Argenteuil  France 35%[citation needed]
Malmö  Sweden 25.4%[37][5][22][38]
Marseille  France 35%[5][6][39][40][41]
Sarcelles  France 32%[citation needed]
Bondy  France 40%[citation needed]
Mechelen  Belgium 20%[42]
Medgidia  Romania 16.7%[21]
Milan  Italy 10% (2018)[43]
Nimes  France 28%[citation needed]
Melilla  Spain 52%[44][45]
Avignon  France 30%[citation needed]
Offenbach  Germany 14% (2011) [46][47][48][49]
Paris  France 15% (in metro area)[50][39]
Montpellier  France 32%[citation needed]
Razgrad  Bulgaria 30%[36]
Rotterdam  Netherlands 14%[51][50]
Roubaix  France 32.4%[52][53]
Shumen  Bulgaria 14.5%[23] (around 33.8%-35.5% in Shumen Province)
Toulouse  France 35%[citation needed]
Stuttgart  Germany 10%[54]
The Hague  Netherlands 14.7%[51][12]
Turku  Finland 5.7%[29][30]
Utrecht  Netherlands 10%[51][12]
Vantaa  Finland 7.6%[29][30]
Verviers  Belgium 25%[55]
Lille  France 30%[citation needed]
Vienna  Austria 15%[5][56][57]
Lyon  France 31.2%[citation needed]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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