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City profile · Netherlands · Europe

Hilversum

City population
83,640
#30
in Netherlands
#6
in North Holland
#6,899
worldwide
AmsterdamHilversum
52.223, 5.176 · 26 km from Amsterdam
City population
83,640
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Netherlands
#30
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#6,899
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Netherlands
0.5%
of the national population

About Hilversum

Hilversum is a city in North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 83,640. It is the 30th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Netherlands, and the 6,899th largest worldwide. It lies 26 km from Amsterdam.

Position in Netherlands
#30of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in North Holland
#6of 37
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Rank in region
#6of 37
Distance to capital
to Amsterdam
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
52.223, 5.176
Record updated
2017-10-17
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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