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Ghost towns in Europe

783 ghost towns in Europe, spread across 29 countries. The best known is Craco in Italy. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Europe
783
Countries
29
Share of world
52%
Little known
729 of 783

Ghost towns in Europe, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Ghost towns elsewhere

Asia67 North America609

Questions about this page

What are the best known ghost towns in Europe?

Craco in Italy leads the list. Italian comune.

Which country in Europe has the most?

Czech Republic (377), Spain (182) and United Kingdom (46). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

783 of the 1,494 ghost towns on this atlas, so 52%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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