Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons.
Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
Cities are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English.
Several cities have diacritics in their listed name in English.
It is very common that the press strip the diacritics and that means a parallel diacritic-free version is very often used in English.