The fourth-largest city in the Netherlands and the capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht, its municipality located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation at the very center of mainland Netherlands and including Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It had a population of 378,140 as of January 2026.
Facts
Area (sq km)Utrecht Wikipedia infobox area_total_km2 is an unresolved template transclusion with no literal figure in the article own wikitext; taken instead from the family wikidata source entity, Wikidata item Q803 (Utrecht), property P2046 (area). Founding YearCity rights charter date, used as the founding or incorporation year; not a claim of prior settlement age (Utrecht traces to a 1st-century Roman fort). Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Utrecht (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, population_total
population_total = 378140
Infobox, population_as_of
population_as_of = 1 January 2026
Infobox, elevation_m
elevation_m = 5
History section, city rights paragraph
The growing town was granted city rights by Henry V at Utrecht on 2 June 1122.
Infobox coordinates
52 05 27 N 5 07 18 E
View the Source 2. Wikidata
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata item Q803, property P2046 (area)Quote, Wikidata item Q803, property P2046 (area)
amount: +99.32, unit: square kilometre
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