Draft:List of cities and towns on the Rhine river

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Comment: At present, the article needs sources that discuss the topic as a group to establish notability for a standalone list. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 14:14, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

This is a list of the cities and towns located on Rhine river. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of Rhine river can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Rhine river could be sorted by various criteria. The main list of this article sorts the cities and towns on Rhine by the current number of inhabitants within the city/town limits. More lists may be added to this article with sorting the cities and towns on Rhine by different other criteria. A separate list of villages and other smaller inhabited places on Rhine could be added in this article as well.

List

Bold: capital of the country

Italic: capital of the administrative region

Rank	Name of city / town	Inhabitants	Established	Present country	Notes
1	Cologne	1,087,353 (31.12.2023)^[1]	38 BC	Germany	Largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and fourth largest city in Germany.
2	Rotterdam	664,311 (01.01.2023)^[2]	1340	Netherlands	Second largest city in the Netherlands.
3	Düsseldorf	631,217 (31.12.2023)^[1]	1135	Germany	Capital and second largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
4	Duisburg	503,707 (31.12.2023)^[1]	5th century AD	Germany	Third largest city in Germany on the Rhine.
5	Utrecht	306,702 (01.01.2023)^[2]	1748	Netherlands	Fourth largest city in the Netherlands.
6	Bonn	335,789 (31.12.2023)^[1]	1st century BC	Germany	Fourth largest city in Germany on the Rhine.
7	Mannheim	315,554 (31.12.2023)^[1]	1607	Germany	Fifth largest city in Germany on the Rhine.
8	Karlsruhe	308,707 (31.12.2023)^[1]	1715	Germany	Sixth largest city in Germany on the Rhine.
9	Strasbourg	291,313 (2021)^[3]	12 BC	France	Largest city in France on the Rhine, capital of Alsace and eighth largest city in France
10	Wiesbaden	283,083 (31.12.2023)^[1]	121 AD	Germany	Seventh largest city in Germany on the Rhine.
11	Krefeld	228,550 (31.12.2023)^[1]		Germany	Eighth largest city in Germany on the Rhine.