Traditional carillons in Europe:
index by size

NOTE:   This list is not complete - many instruments remain to be added for France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The table below is an index to 61 European traditional carillons, in order by number of bells.  Instruments with the same number of bells are in order by the city name.

    Location (City : Country)               Number

6 octaves or more - 1 instruments
VILLARREAL - 2                : SPAIN        72
less than 6 octaves - 4 instruments
CHAMBERY                      : FRANCE       70
ALVERCA                       : PORTUGAL     69
BERLIN - K                    : GERMANY-BRD  68
DOUAI - HDV                   : FRANCE       62
less than 5 octaves - 22 instruments
PRAHA - Mobile                : CZECH REP.   57
MAFRA - S                     : PORTUGAL     53
NAUEN                         : NORWAY       52
SAINT PETERSBURG - P          : RUSSIA       51
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/3       : RUSSIA       51
DOUAI - Mobile/2              : FRANCE       50
KIEV                          : UKRAINE      50
BARCELONA - P                 : SPAIN        49
GDANSK - K                    : POLAND       49
OSLO - R                      : NORWAY       49

PORTO                         : PORTUGAL     49
SAINT MAURICE                 : SWITZERLAND  49
STAVANGER                     : NORWAY       49
BETHUNE - SC/Mobile           : FRANCE       48
KLAIPEDA                      : LITHUANIA    48
MALMÖ                         : SWEDEN       48
NORRKÖPING                    : SWEDEN       48
OSLO - C                      : NORWAY       48
ARANJUEZ                      : SPAIN        47
INNSBRUCK - D/1               : AUSTRIA      47

MEDJUGORJE                    : BOSNIA       47
VASTERAS                      : SWEDEN       47
less than 4 octaves - 23 instruments
MAFRA - N                     : PORTUGAL     45
VISBY                         : SWEDEN       45
HEILIGENKREUZ                 : AUSTRIA      43
LANDSKRONA                    : SWEDEN       43
GOTEBORG                      : SWEDEN       42
SECLIN                        : FRANCE       42
GDANSK - R                    : POLAND       37
BETHUNE - BC/1                : FRANCE       37
HARNOSAND                     : SWEDEN       37
OSLO - U                      : NORWAY       37

ROSTOCK - Mobile              : GERMANY-DDR  37
TRONDHEIM                     : NORWAY       37
CAROUGE                       : SWITZERLAND  36
CORDOBA                       : SPAIN        36
CZESTOCHOWA                   : POLAND       36
GAVLE                         : SWEDEN       36
KAUNAS                        : LITHUANIA    36
LINKOPING                     : SWEDEN       36
LUEBECK                       : GERMANY-BRD  36
DRAMMEN - BK                  : NORWAY       35

KARLSKRONA                    : SWEDEN       35
SIGTUNA                       : SWEDEN       35
STOCKHOLM - STC               : SWEDEN       35
less than 3 octaves - 11 instruments
ROSTOCK - U                   : GERMANY-DDR  32
BETHUNE - BC/2                : FRANCE       28
VAXJO                         : SWEDEN       28
MOLDE                         : NORWAY       26
SANDEFJORD                    : NORWAY       25
STOCKHOLM - STG               : SWEDEN       25
ZOFINGEN                      : SWITZERLAND  25
BILBAO                        : SPAIN        24
LEIRIA                        : PORTUGAL     24
LENS                          : SWITZERLAND  24

STOCKHOLM - HE                : SWEDEN       24


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This index page was built from the database on 14-Apr-06 and last revised on 18-May-08.

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