Towns Awarded the Europe Prize
The European Council has been awarding the Europe Prize to one or two towns each year since 1955 .
Chronological list of towns awarded the Europe Prize
Year | Town awarded the Europe Prize | Year | Town awarded the Europe Prize |
1955 | Coventry (United Kingdom) | 1956 | Puteaux (France), Offenbach am Main (Germany) |
1957 | Bordeaux (France), Turin (Italy) | 1958 | The Hague (Netherlands), Vienna (Austria) |
1959 | Istanbul (Turkey) | 1960 | Aarhus (Denmark), Bruges (Belgium) |
1961 | Rhodes (Greece), Schwarzenbek (Germany) | 1962 | Palermo (Italy) |
1963 | Aubenas (France) | 1964 | Innsbruck (Austria) |
1965 | Tübingen (Germany) | 1966 | Kristiansand (Norway) |
1967 | Strasbourg (France) | 1968 | Faenza (Italy) |
1969 | Karlsruhe (Germany), Nancy (France) | 1970 | Sierre (Switzerland) |
1971 | Udine (Italy) | 1972 | Zelzate (Belgium) |
1973 | Würzburg (Germany) | 1974 | Cesenatico (Italy), Mâcon (France) |
1975 | Darmstadt (Germany) | 1976 | Devon County Council (United Kingdom) |
1977 | Avignon (France) | 1978 | Tubize (Belgium) |
1979 | Graz (Austria) | 1980 | Passau (Germany) |
1981 | Braunfels (Germany) | 1982 | Braine-l’Alleud (Belgium) |
1983 | Lausanne (Switzerland) | 1984 | Royal Leamington Spa (United Kingdom) |
1985 | Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | 1986 | Arnhem (Netherlands), Klagenfurt (Austria) |
1987 | Berlin-Neukölln (Germany) | 1988 | Aalborg (Denmark) |
1989 | Lucca (Italy) | 1990 | Plouguerneau (France) |
1991 | Bursa (Turkey) | 1992 | Delfzijl (Netherlands) |
1993 | Bocholt (Germany), Mühlheim on the Ruhr (Germany) | 1994 | Linz (Austria) |
1995 | Bologna (Italy) | 1996 | Wansbeck District Council (United Kingdom) |
1997 | Regensburg (Germany) | 1998 | Częstochowa (Poland) |
1999 | Speyer (Germany) | 2000 | Cockermouth (United Kingdom), Marvejols (France) |
2001 | St. Pölten (Austria) | 2002 | Gdynia (Poland) |
2003 | Klaipeda (Lithuania) | 2004 | Oudenaarde (Belgium) |
2005 | Kaliningrad (Russia) | 2006 | Szeged (Hungary) |
2007 | Nuremberg (Germany) | 2008 | Katowice (Poland) |
2009 | Ankara (Turkey) | 2010 | Kharkiv (Ukraine) |
2011 | Hünfeld (Germany), Landerneau (France) | 2012 | Sighișoara (Romania), Corciano (Italy) |
2013 | Altötting (Germany), Tata (Hungary) | 2014 | Słupsk (Poland) |
2015 | Dresden (Germany), Vara (Sweden) | 2016 | Girona (Spain) |
2017 | Lublin (Poland) | 2018 | Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) |
2019 | Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain) | 2020 | Amilly (France) |
2021 | Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine) | 2022 | Izmir (Türkiye) |
2023 | Bolesławiec (Poland) |