Traditional carillons in Europe:
index by size

NOTE:   Great Britain and Ireland are separately indexed, as are BelgiumFranceGermanyItaly, the Netherlands and Scandinavia (Nordic countries, Iceland and Danish dependencies).

The table below is an index to 42 existing European traditional carillons (including 2 hybrids), 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 - 2 instrument
KUBINKA - A                   : RUSSIA       78
VILLARREAL - 2                : SPAIN        72
less than 6 octaves - 3 instruments
ALVERCA                       : PORTUGAL     69
CONSTANCIA - mobile           : PORTUGAL     63
VILNIUS                       : LITHUANIA    61
less than 5 octaves - 24 instruments
PRAHA - mobile                : CZECH REP.   57
KIEV - T                      : UKRAINE      56  hybrid
MAFRA - S                     : PORTUGAL     53
MONTHERON                     : SWITZERLAND  52
KIEV - STN                    : UKRAINE      51
KIEV - STT/1                  : UKRAINE      51
KOLOMYIA                      : UKRAINE      51
SAINT PETERSBURG - P          : RUSSIA       51
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/3       : RUSSIA       51
ECHTERNACH - 1                : LUXEMBOURG   50

HOSHIV                        : UKRAINE      50
KAUNAS                        : LITHUANIA    49
KIEV - B                      : UKRAINE      50  hybrid
KIEV - STM                    : UKRAINE      50
BARCELONA - P                 : SPAIN        49
GDANSK - K                    : POLAND       49
PORTO - CC                    : PORTUGAL     49
SAINT MAURICE                 : SWITZERLAND  49
INNSBRUCK - D/1               : AUSTRIA      48
KLAIPEDA                      : LITHUANIA    48

PULLY                         : SWITZERLAND  48
ARANJUEZ                      : SPAIN        47
LEIRIA                        : PORTUGAL     47
MEDJUGORJE                    : BOSNIA       47
less than 4 octaves - 8 instruments
MAFRA - N                     : PORTUGAL     45
HEILIGENKREUZ                 : AUSTRIA      43
GDANSK - R                    : POLAND       37
GENEVA - STP/2                : SWITZERLAND  37
SIAULIAI - SPP                : LITHUANIA    37
CAROUGE                       : SWITZERLAND  36
CORDOBA                       : SPAIN        36
CZESTOCHOWA - JG              : POLAND       36
less than 3 octaves - 4 instruments
PRAHA - L                     : CZECH REP.   30
ZOFINGEN                      : SWITZERLAND  25
BILBAO                        : SPAIN        24
LENS                          : SWITZERLAND  24


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