Siege of Esztergom (1241) other European states, bar Moravia, Bohemia, and the Polish duchies, which the Mongols dealt with separately. Bela's kingdom was ill-prepared for the Mongol invasion. At the time, Hungary was one of the poorest and most sparsely populated areas of Europe. The population was estimated at slightly over 2 million in the mid-thirteenth century despite its large land area, with the largest city, Esztergom, having only 12,000 inhabitants. Its armies consisted primarily of light cavalry with some light infantry, and only a handful of crossbowmen, mounted knights, and heavy infantry, in contrast to the areas further west where such troops were
Angoulême 42,242 inhabitants on 1 January 2009. With a communal area of 2,185 hectares, the density of population is 1,940 inhabitants per km, making it the most densely populated city in Charente and the third most densely populated city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine after La Rochelle and Poitiers. In 2008, the "Urban Unit of Angoulême", which includes eighteen communes totaled 109,553 inhabitants and its "Urban Area", which includes 80 suburban communes in the impact zone of the city, totaled 174,482 inhabitants. It brings together nearly 106,000 inhabitants within an urban conurbation which extends over from north to south. Angoulême is the most populous