How many capital citys are there in europe?

Answer 1

While the standard count of fully internationally recognised countries is 50, a capital is the area of a country, province, region, or state where the main government (national, regional or local) business is conducted. A capital does not have to be of a sovereign nation, even the US has 51 capital cities, not including unincorporated territories such as Guam or Puerto Rico.

It depends on what you're counting - some capitals aren't big enough to be defined as cities, and some capitals are in partially unrecognised states, autonomous regions and 'countries within countries' - such as Scotland and Wales, both in the United Kingdom. An extended count of these brings the count up to 67 capitals, and that doesn't include Capitals of German Länder, Spanish Provinces or Swiss Cantons, English County Towns, Italian Capoluoghi or Prefectures of Departments in France, etc.

Monaco and Vatican City are city-states and have no separate Capital, France and Switzerland have no official Capital (Paris and Berne are de-facto Capitals), and The Netherlands has two Capitals - Amsterdam and The Hague.

Answer 2

There are 50 capital cities in Europe, one for each nation.