European Capitals by Elevation

This was a fun dataset to compile. Not all cities listed had an official elevation... and many are obviously coastal, so their lowest elevation would be zero... I took standard wikipedia elevations where listed. Where not, the rest mostly comes from CIA factbook or various weather stations. A number of cities have quite a large range in elevation, I gave them benefit of the doubt and used the highest elevation within the city limits where I could. Anyway, some may be surprised to find Switzerland didn't top the list, but they aren't the only mountainous country, and it isn't that high up in the country. There are a few notes at the end....

anyway, our list:

Country	Capital	ft	meters
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	4898	1493
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4327	1319
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	3356	1023
Armenia	Yerevan*	3246	989
Switzerland	Bern***	2834	864
Georgia	Tblisi*	2526	770
San Marino	San Marino	2457	749
Spain	Madrid	2188	667
Bulgaria	Sofia	1804	550
Austria	Vienna**	1778	542
Croatia	Zagreb	1699	518
Slovakia	Bratislava	1686	514
Bosnia-Herzegovinia	Sarajevo	1640	500
Czech Republic	Prague	1309	399
Greece	Athens	1109	338
Poland	Warsaw	1076	328
Slovenia	Ljubljana	968	295
Belarus	Minsk	920	280
Russia	Moscow****	837	255
Macedonia	Skopje	787	240
Ukraine	Kiev	587	179
Monaco	Monaco	535	163
Lithuania	Vilnius	410	125
Serbia	Belgrade	384	117
Germany	Berlin	377	115
Romania	Bucharest	295	90
Moldova	Chişinău	279	85
Hungary	Budapest	246	75
Vatican City	Vatican City	246	75
Latvia	Riga	240	73
Italy	Rome	217	66
Sweden	Stockholm	200	61
Portugal	Lisbon	184	56
Belgium	Brussels	141	43
Estonia	Talinn	131	40
France	Paris	115	35
Finland	Helsinki	85	26
United Kingdom	London	79	24
Norway	Oslo	62	19
Ireland	Dublin	30	9
Denmark	Copenhagen	16	5
Netherlands	Amsterdam	7	2
Azerbaijan	Baku*	-92	-28

It should be noted many of the lower elevations are coastal, and obviously descend down to sea level (or below it in the case of Baku, which might be the largest city below sea level in the world (easily larger than New Orleans... might be a topic for a future post). Anyway as mentioned tried to take an average elevation for even these coastal cities... but the differences are generally small, though some have impressive heights despite being right on the sea...

A few other notes:

* = debate on whether south causcus countries are considered European or Asian... even though some area of each country might cross the causcus, the capitals themselves primarily fall on the "asian" side. So disregard if you wish, including for completeness' sake... (the EU seems to consider them valid for membership anyway).
** - Vienna ranges from 151m to 542m
*** - Bern ranges from 480 - 864, average is 542.
**** Moscow weather station is 156m, 255m is highest area (Teplostanskaya Highland)

There are probably quite a few more that need notes, and I should have taken the time to list the source for each. Apologies. Still hope this is interesting. And one day maybe someone else will read some of this blog...