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City profile · Netherlands · Europe

Soest

City population
45,021
#73
in Netherlands
#7
in Utrecht
#12,528
worldwide
AmsterdamSoest
52.173, 5.292 · 35 km from Amsterdam
City population
45,021
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Netherlands
#73
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#12,528
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Netherlands
0.2%
of the national population

About Soest

Soest is a city in Utrecht, Netherlands with a population of 45,021. It is the 73rd largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Netherlands, and the 12,528th largest worldwide. It lies 35 km from Amsterdam.

Position in Netherlands
#73of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in Utrecht
#7of 19
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Region
Rank in region
#7of 19
Distance to capital
to Amsterdam
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
52.173, 5.292
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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