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City profile · Netherlands · Europe

Sneek

City population
32,811
#98
in Netherlands
#4
in Friesland
#16,643
worldwide
AmsterdamSneek
53.033, 5.659 · 90 km from Amsterdam
City population
32,811
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Netherlands
#98
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#16,643
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Netherlands
0.2%
of the national population

About Sneek

Sneek is a city in Friesland, Netherlands with a population of 32,811. It is the 98th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Netherlands, and the 16,643rd largest worldwide. It lies 90 km from Amsterdam.

Position in Netherlands
#98of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in Friesland
#4of 5
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Region
Rank in region
#4of 5
Distance to capital
to Amsterdam
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
53.033, 5.659
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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