Atlas of Europe

For maps of the history of Europe: Atlas of European history.

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Atlas of Europe

Europe English Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,400,000 square kilometres (4,010,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia. In terms of population, it is the third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa) with a population of some 710,000,000 or about 11% of the world's population. However, the term continent can refer to a cultural and political distinction or a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europe's precise borders, area, and population. Deutsch Europa ist das westliche Fünftel der eurasischen Landmasse und wird historisch und kulturell begründet meist als eigenständiger Kontinent betrachtet, obwohl es eigentlich ein Subkontinent ist, der mit Asien zusammen einen Kontinent bildet. Insgesamt hat Europa eine Fläche von etwa 10,5 Millionen Quadratkilometern und ist damit nach Australien der zweitkleinste Kontinent. Dennoch besitzt Europa mit rund 680 Millionen Einwohnern mehr Einwohner als jeweils Australien, Nord- oder Südamerika. Die geografische Ausdehnung erstreckt sich nach gängiger Definition vom Nordmeer und dem Atlantischen Ozean im Norden und Westen bis zum Ural und Mittelmeer im Osten und Süden. Der Kontinent besteht zurzeit politisch aus 46 souveränen Staaten. 27 davon sind Mitglied der Europäischen Union. français L’Europe est considérée comme un continent ou une partie de l’Eurasie (péninsule occidentale), voire de l’Eurafrasie, selon le point de vue. Elle est parfois qualifiée de « Vieux Continent » (ou d’« Ancien Monde »), par opposition au « Nouveau Monde » (Amériques). русский Европа — часть света, образующая вместе с Азией материк Евразия (о сухопутной границе Европы смотри Азия). italiano L’Europa è una penisola, parte occidentale dell'Eurasia. È comunque considerata un continente per motivi culturali. È un continente piccolo la cui superficie misura solo 10.400.000 km² (superiore soltanto all'Australia), popolati tuttavia da 799.000.000 abitanti (statistiche del 2003) che la portano ad essere il terzo continente più popolato (dopo Asia ed Africa), pari dunque ad un ottavo della popolazione mondiale. Population 710,000,000 inhabitants Area 10,400,000 km² Major language(s) German, Russian, English, French, Italian, etc, see: Languages of Europe Major religion(s) Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism More information Europe, Geography of Europe, History of Europe and Politics of Europe More images Europe - Europe (Category).

General maps

Location of Europe

Map of Europe with capitals

Map of Europe with capitals and ocean-background

Map of Europe with the names of the countries

Map of Europe without the names of the countries

Europe countries in local languages

Physical map

Physical map

Physical map of Europe

Topography map of Europe

Biogeographical map of Europe

Territories of Europe:    Europe    Extension into Asia of the continuous territory of a European state    Physiographically in Asia or North America but considered European for cultural and historical reasons

Regions of Europe as delineated by the The World Factbook:    Northern Europe    Western Europe    Central Europe    Southern Europe    Southeastern Europe    Southwestern Europe    Eastern Europe

Regions of Europe as delineated by de Blij & Muller (2002):    British Isles    Northern Europe    Western Europe    Eastern Europe    Mediterranean Europe

Maps of the history of Europe

The maps of the history of Europe can be found in the Atlas of European history.

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Strabo map of Europe (around the year 1 CE)

Mercator Map of Europe 16th century

Carta Marina of Northern Europe 1539

Ortelius map of Europe 1595

Herman Moll map of Europe 1708

Map of Europe 1798 (issued 1898)

Map of Europe 1905

Map of Europe 1911

Maps of international organizations

European organizations

Council of Europe

European Union, world

European Union, Europe

European Union as a single entity

Map of the European Union

EU: Member states with applications

EU: Prospective members

European Union GDP

Euro Accession

Relations with the Euro

Schengen Zone

European Economic Area

European Union and European Free Trade Association

European Space Agency

EUMETSAT

Eurocontrol

European Free Trade Association    EFTA member states    former member states, now EU member states

Stability Pact

Central European Free Trade Agreement

Visegrad

Western European Union

the Benelux states

CERN

Central Asian Cooperation Organization

Eurasian Economic Community

Commonwealth of Independent States    member state    associate member

GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NATO in Europe

NATO Partners

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Arctic Council

Population maps

Countries by growth of population in 2006

Countries by population

Maps of Regions

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The Baltic States

Maps of seas and rivers

Adriatic Sea

Danube

Language maps

Languages of Europe. Early XXI century

Languages of Europe

Romance languages

Slavic languages

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Slavic languages

Slavic languages

Baltic and Slavic languages

Ethnic map of the Balkans

Religion maps

Belief in God

Legal maps

Map of European legal systems

Sexual emancipation

Economy maps

Countries by GDP

Growth of GDP

Labour productivity

Flat tax

Renewable energy

Agriculture (Spanish)

Busiest airports

Environmental problems

Time zones

Time zones

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Satellite map

Satirical and unusual maps

Europe in the shape of a queen (16th century)

Europe in the shape of a queen (1570)

Political map of Europe (1848)

Satirical map of Europe (1870)

Satirical map of Europe (1877)

Satirical map of Europe (1884)

Satirical map of Europe (1887)

Satirical map of Europe (1900)

Satirical map of Europe (1914)

Notes and references

General remarks: The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references. Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections. Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned. The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.