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Breda

City population
184,126
#8
in Netherlands
#3
in North Brabant
#3,131
worldwide
AmsterdamBreda
51.587, 4.776 · 88 km from Amsterdam
City population
184,126
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Netherlands
#8
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#3,131
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Netherlands
1.0%
of the national population

About Breda

Breda is a city in North Brabant, Netherlands with a population of 184,126. It is the 8th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Netherlands, and the 3,131st largest worldwide. It lies 88 km from Amsterdam.

Position in Netherlands
#8of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in North Brabant
#3of 31
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Rank in region
#3of 31
Distance to capital
to Amsterdam
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
51.587, 4.776
Record updated
2025-10-26
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 232 in Netherlands

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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