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Latter-day Saint Temples in Europe

The temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are separate and distinct from their meetinghouses. There many thousands of Latter-day Saint churches and meetinghouses in the world, but relatively few temples.

Below is a list of independent nations of Europe, and counts of how many Latter-day Saint temples, if any, are in each.

Country	Population (1996 est.)	Temples	Locations
Russia	148,178,487
Germany	83,536,115	2	Frankfurt; Freiburg
United Kingdom	58,489,975	2	London; Preston
France	58,317,450
Italy	57,460,274
Ukraine	50,864,009	1	Kiev
Spain	39,181,114	1	Madrid
Poland	38,642,565
Romania	21,657,162
Netherlands	15,568,034	1	The Hague
Serbia and Montenegro	10,614,558
Greece	10,538,594
Belarus	10,415,973
Czech Republic	10,321,120
Belgium	10,170,241
Hungary	10,002,541
Portugal	9,865,114
Sweden	8,900,954	1	Stockholm
Bulgaria	8,612,757
Austria	8,023,244
Switzerland	7,207,060	1	Bern
Slovakia	5,374,362
Denmark	5,249,632	1	Copenhagen
Finland	5,105,230	1	Helsinki
Croatia	5,004,112
Moldova	4,463,847
Norway	4,383,807
Lithuania	3,646,041
Ireland	3,566,833
Albania	3,249,136
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,656,240
Latvia	2,468,982
Macedonia	2,104,035
Slovenia	1,951,443
Estonia	1,459,428
Luxembourg	415,870
Malta	375,576
Iceland	270,292
Andorra	72,766
Monaco	31,719
Liechtenstein	31,122
San Marino	24,521
Holy See (Vatican City)	840

Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and various sources.

Comments:
There are 43 independent nations in Europe. Of the 16 European nations with populations in excess of 10 million people, 5 have temples operating, under construction or announced. An additional 4 nations with populations under 10 million have temples. Two nations (Germany and the Unitted Kingdom) have two temples. 21% of all European nations (if one counts even small nations such as the Vatican and San Marino) have Latter-day Saint temples.