Cities and what they stand for
Submitted by 1922 on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 04:04
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Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
France
- Bordeaux (pop.: 236'202)
- Dijon (pop.: 148'986)
- Lyon (pop.: 479'288)
- Marseille (pop.: 791'172)
- Montpellier (pop.: 255'015)
- Nice (pop.: 336'795)
- Paris (pop.: 2'143'614)
- Strasbourg (pop.: 277'716)
Germany
- Berlin (pop.: 3'404'037)
- Bonn (pop.: 314'299)
- Bremen (pop.: 547'934)
- Cologne (pop.: 1'025'094)
- Dortmund (pop.: 587'624)
- Düsseldorf (pop.: 577'505)
- Essen (pop.: 583'198)
- Frankfurt (pop.: 652'610)
- Hamburg (pop.: 1'754'182)
- Munich (pop.: 1'294'608)
- Stuttgart (pop.: 593'923)
Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (pop.: 82'200)
North America
South America








The characteristics worthy of mention should be of extraordinary interest in at least one of the following category:
a. interest of political order (domicile of important political organs or institutions, ...)
b. interest of historical order (birthplace of important historical figures, place of important battles or peace treaties, ...)
c. interest of social/ethnical order (socially or ethnically remarkable situations, melting pots, ...)
d. interest of economic/financial order (domicile of important economic organs or institutions, companies, ...)
e. interest of aesthetical/cultural order (outstanding artistic scene, e.g. museums, artistic activities, etc., birthplace of important artists, remarkable buildings or city structure, place of important artistic events, e.g. festivals, etc., ...)
f. interest of religious order (domicile of important religious organs and institutions, place of important religious events in present or past, ...)