List of cities in France
The list of cities in France (excluding French overseas territories ) provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger cities of the state of France .
Agglomerations by population
The largest agglomeration ( Unité urbaine ) in France is Paris with 10.5 million inhabitants. This means that 16.2% of the country's people live in the capital region alone. According to the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE) (as of January 1, 2010), the largest agglomerations are :
rank | Agglomeration | Residents | rank | Agglomeration | Residents | |
1. | Paris | 10,460,118 | 6th | Toulouse | 879.683 | |
2. | Marseille - Aix-en-Provence | 1,559,789 | 7th | Bordeaux | 843.425 | |
3. | Lyon | 1,551,108 | 8th. | Nantes | 591,461 | |
4th | Lille | 1,018,356 | 9. | Toulon | 557,802 | |
5. | Nice | 941,777 | 10. | Douai - Lens | 508.206 |
Cities by population
The following table contains the cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, the results of the traditional population censuses (VZ) of March 4, 1982, March 5, 1990 and March 8, 1999 as well as the rolling census (survey with rotating samples) of January 1, 2006 and 1st January 2014. With the rolling census system, INSEE surveys a part of the population every year, the scope of the surveys being based on the size of the community. The region and the department to which the city belongs is also listed. The population figures refer to the respective municipality within its political limits, without politically independent suburbs.
(VZ = census)
Rank (2006) |
Surname |
VZ 1982 |
VZ 1990 |
VZ 1999 |
VZ 2006 |
VZ 2014 |
Department |
region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |
Paris |
2,176,243 | 2,152,423 | 2,125,246 | 2,181,371 | 2,220,445 | Paris | Île-de-France |
2. |
Marseille |
874.436 | 800,550 | 798.430 | 839.043 | 858.120 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
3. |
Lyon |
413.095 | 415,487 | 445.452 | 472.305 | 506.615 | Metropolis of Lyon | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
4th |
Toulouse |
347.995 | 358,688 | 390,350 | 437.715 | 466.297 | Haute-Garonne | Occitania |
5. |
Nice ( Nice ) |
337.085 | 342,439 | 342,738 | 347.060 | 343,895 | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
6th |
Nantes |
240,539 | 244.995 | 270.251 | 282.853 | 298.029 | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire |
7th |
Strasbourg ( Strasbourg ) |
248.712 | 252,338 | 263,941 | 272.975 | 276.170 | Bas-Rhin | Grand Est |
8th. |
Montpellier |
197.231 | 207.996 | 225,392 | 251,634 | 275,318 | Herault | Occitania |
9. |
Bordeaux |
208.159 | 210.336 | 215.363 | 232.260 | 246,586 | Gironde | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
10. |
Lille |
196.705 | 198,691 | 212,597 | 226.014 | 233,897 | North | Hauts-de-France |
11. |
Rennes |
194,656 | 197,536 | 206.229 | 209.613 | 213.454 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Brittany |
12. |
Reims |
177.234 | 180,620 | 187.206 | 183,837 | 183,042 | Marne | Grand Est |
13. |
Le Havre |
199,388 | 195.854 | 190.905 | 182,580 | 172,807 | Seine-Maritime | Normandy |
14th |
Saint-Etienne |
204.955 | 199,396 | 175.127 | 177,480 | 170,761 | Loire | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
15th |
Toulon |
179.423 | 167,619 | 160,639 | 167.816 | 165,584 | Var | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
16. |
Grenoble |
156,637 | 150,758 | 153.317 | 156.107 | 160,779 | Isère | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
17th |
Dijon |
140.942 | 146.703 | 149,867 | 151.504 | 153,668 | Côte-d'Or | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
18th |
Nîmes |
124.220 | 128,471 | 133,424 | 144.092 | 151.075 | Gard | Occitania |
19th |
Angers |
136.038 | 141,404 | 151.279 | 152.337 | 151.056 | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire |
20th |
Villeurbanne |
115.960 | 116,872 | 124.215 | 136,473 | 148,543 | Metropolis of Lyon | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
21st |
Le Mans |
147,697 | 145.502 | 146.105 | 144.016 | 143,813 | Sarthe | Pays de la Loire |
22nd |
Aix-en-Provence |
121,327 | 123,842 | 134.222 | 142,534 | 142.149 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
23. |
Clermont-Ferrand |
147.224 | 136.181 | 137.140 | 138.992 | 141,365 | Puy-de-Dôme | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
24. |
Brest |
156.060 | 147,956 | 149,634 | 144,548 | 139,384 | Finistère | Brittany |
25th |
Tours |
132.209 | 129,509 | 132,820 | 136,942 | 136.125 | Indre-et-Loire | Center-Val de Loire |
26th |
Limoges |
140,400 | 133,464 | 133,968 | 136,539 | 134,577 | Haute-Vienne | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
27. |
Amiens |
131,332 | 131,872 | 135.501 | 136.105 | 132,479 | Somme | Hauts-de-France |
28. |
Annecy |
49,965 | 49,644 | 50,348 | 51.023 | 124.401 | Haute-Savoie | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
29 |
Perpignan |
111,669 | 105.983 | 105.115 | 115,326 | 120,605 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Occitania |
30th |
Metz |
114,232 | 119,594 | 123.776 | 124,435 | 117,619 | Moselle | Grand Est |
31. |
Boulogne-Billancourt |
102,582 | 101,743 | 106,367 | 110.251 | 116,927 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
32. |
Besançon |
113.283 | 113,828 | 117,733 | 117.080 | 116,690 | Doubs | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
33. |
Orleans |
102.710 | 105.111 | 113.126 | 113.130 | 114.167 | Loiret | Center-Val de Loire |
34. |
Mulhouse ( Mulhouse ) |
112.157 | 108.357 | 110.141 | 110,514 | 111.167 | Haut-Rhin | Grand Est |
35. |
Saint-Denis |
90,829 | 89,988 | 85.832 | 97,875 | 110,733 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
36. |
Rouen |
101,945 | 102,723 | 106,592 | 107.904 | 110,618 | Seine-Maritime | Normandy |
37. |
Argenteuil |
95,347 | 93.096 | 93,961 | 102,683 | 108,865 | Val d'Oise | Île-de-France |
38. |
Caen |
114.068 | 112,846 | 113.987 | 110,399 | 106,538 | Calvados | Normandy |
39. |
Montreuil |
93,368 | 94,754 | 90,674 | 101,587 | 104,748 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
40. |
Nancy |
96,317 | 99.351 | 103.605 | 105,468 | 104,321 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Grand Est |
41. |
Roubaix |
101.602 | 97,746 | 96,984 | 97,952 | 94,713 | North | Hauts-de-France |
42. | Tourcoing | 96.908 | 93,765 | 93,540 | 92,357 | 91,923 | North | Hauts-de-France |
43. | Nanterre | 88,578 | 84,565 | 84.281 | 88,316 | 93.509 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
44. | Avignon | 89,132 | 86,939 | 85.935 | 92,454 | 92.209 | Vaucluse | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
45. | Vitry-sur-Seine | 85.263 | 82,400 | 78.908 | 82.902 | 91,188 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
46. | Créteil | 71,693 | 82,088 | 82.154 | 88,939 | 91,042 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
47. | Dunkerque | 100,404 | 98,237 | 97.964 | 94,960 | 89.160 | North | Hauts-de-France |
48. | Poitiers | 79,350 | 78,894 | 83,448 | 88,776 | 87,435 | Vienne | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
49. | Asnières-sur-Seine | 71,077 | 71,850 | 75,837 | 82,351 | 86,799 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
50. | Versailles | 91,494 | 87,789 | 85,726 | 87,549 | 85,461 | Yvelines | Île-de-France |
51. | Courbevoie | 59,830 | 65,389 | 69,694 | 84,415 | 87,469 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
52. | Colombes | 78,777 | 78,513 | 76,757 | 82.026 | 84,392 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
53. | Aulnay-sous-Bois | 75.996 | 82,314 | 80.021 | 81,600 | 82,314 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
54. | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 85,485 | 92,145 | 88,588 | 85,588 | 80,959 | Some | Normandy |
55. | Aubervilliers | 67,719 | 67,557 | 63.136 | 73.506 | 80.273 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
56. | Rueil-Malmaison | 63,412 | 66,401 | 73,469 | 77,625 | 79.204 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
57. | Pau | 83,790 | 82.157 | 78,732 | 83.903 | 77,489 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
58. | Champigny-sur-Marne | 76.176 | 79,486 | 74,237 | 74,863 | 76,450 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
61. | Calais | 76,527 | 75,309 | 77,333 | 74,888 | 76,402 | Pas-de-Calais | Hauts-de-France |
59. | Antibes | 62,859 | 70.005 | 72,412 | 75,820 | 75,731 | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
60. | Beziers | 76,647 | 70.996 | 69,153 | 72,245 | 75,701 | Herault | Occitania |
62. | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | 80,811 | 77.206 | 73,069 | 75.214 | 75,285 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
63. | La Rochelle | 75,840 | 71.094 | 76,584 | 77,196 | 74,998 | Charente-Maritime | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
64. | Cannes | 72,259 | 68,676 | 67,304 | 70,610 | 73,744 | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
65. | Saint-Nazaire | 68,348 | 64,812 | 65,874 | 68,838 | 69,350 | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire |
66. | Mérignac | 51,306 | 57.273 | 61.992 | 65,469 | 69,301 | Gironde | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
65. | Drancy | 60.183 | 60,707 | 62.263 | 66,063 | 68,955 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
66. | Colmar | 62,483 | 63,498 | 65,118 | 65,713 | 68,784 | Haut-Rhin | Grand Est |
67. | Ajaccio | 54,089 | 58,949 | 52,880 | 63,723 | 68,587 | Corse-du-Sud | Corsica |
68. | Issy-les-Moulineaux | 45,835 | 46.194 | 52,647 | 61,471 | 67,360 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
69. | Bourges | 76,432 | 75,609 | 72,480 | 70,828 | 66,528 | Cher | Center-Val de Loire |
70. | Levallois-Perret | 53,500 | 47,548 | 54,700 | 62,851 | 65,374 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
71. | La Seyne-sur-Mer | 57,659 | 59,968 | 60,188 | 56,768 | 64,675 | Var | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
72. | Noisy-le-Grand | 40,585 | 54.032 | 58,217 | 61,341 | 64,619 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
73. | Quimper | 56,907 | 59,437 | 63,238 | 64.902 | 63,513 | Finistère | Brittany |
74. | Cergy | 19,357 | 48.141 | 54,719 | 56,873 | 62,979 | Val d'Oise | Île-de-France |
75. | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 59,527 | 65,320 | 65,042 | 61.151 | 62,869 | North | Hauts-de-France |
76. | Venissieux | 64,804 | 60,444 | 56,061 | 57.179 | 62,575 | Metropolis of Lyon | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
77. | Valence | 66,356 | 63,437 | 64,260 | 65,263 | 62,150 | Drôme | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
78. | Neuilly-sur-Seine | 64,170 | 61,768 | 59,848 | 61,471 | 62,075 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
79. | Antony | 54,610 | 57,771 | 59,855 | 60,552 | 61,603 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
80. | Pessac | 50,267 | 51,055 | 56,143 | 57,187 | 61,514 | Gironde | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
81. | Troyes | 63,579 | 59,255 | 60,958 | 61,344 | 60,750 | Aube | Grand Est |
82. | Ivry-sur-Seine | 55,699 | 53,619 | 50,972 | 55,608 | 59,793 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
83. | Clichy | 46,895 | 48.030 | 50.179 | 57,162 | 59,783 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
84. | Chambery | 53,427 | 54,120 | 55,786 | 57,543 | 59,490 | Savoie | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
85. | Montauban | 50,682 | 51,224 | 51,855 | 53,941 | 58,826 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Occitania |
86. | Niort | 58.203 | 57.012 | 56,663 | 58,066 | 58,311 | Deux-Sèvres | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
87. | Villejuif | 52,448 | 48,405 | 47,384 | 50,571 | 57,781 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
88 | Lorient | 62,554 | 59.271 | 63,238 | 58,547 | 57,662 | Morbihan | Brittany |
89. | Sarcelles | 53,630 | 56,833 | 57,871 | 58,654 | 56,828 | Val d'Oise | Île-de-France |
90. | Hyeres | 38,999 | 48,043 | 51,417 | 55.007 | 56.502 | Var | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
91. | Saint-Quentin | 63,567 | 60,644 | 59,066 | 56,792 | 55,878 | Aisne | Hauts-de-France |
92. | Épinay-sur-Seine | 50,314 | 48,762 | 46,409 | 51,598 | 55,157 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
93. | Pantin | 43,553 | 47,303 | 49,919 | 53,577 | 54,852 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
94. | Maisons-Alfort | 51,065 | 53,375 | 51.103 | 53,233 | 54,841 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
95. | Beauvais | 52,365 | 54,190 | 55,392 | 55,481 | 54,738 | Oise | Hauts-de-France |
96. | Le Blanc-Mesnil | 47,037 | 46,956 | 46,936 | 51,109 | 54,227 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
97. | Cholet | 55,524 | 55,132 | 54.204 | 54,632 | 53,853 | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire |
96. | Chelles | 41,838 | 45,365 | 45,399 | 48,616 | 53,708 | Seine-et-Marne | Île-de-France |
97. | Evry | 29,471 | 45,531 | 49,437 | 52,651 | 53,699 | Essonne | Île-de-France |
98 | Meaux | 45.005 | 48,305 | 49,421 | 48,842 | 53,526 | Seine-et-Marne | Île-de-France |
99 | Fréjus | 31,662 | 41,486 | 46,801 | 51,537 | 53,511 | Var | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
100. | Fontenay-sous-Bois | 52,627 | 51,868 | 50,921 | 51,727 | 53,272 | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France |
101. | La Roche-sur-Yon | 45,098 | 45.219 | 49,262 | 50,717 | 53,162 | Vendée | Pays de la Loire |
102. | Bondy | 44,301 | 46,676 | 46,826 | 53,311 | 53,074 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
103. | Vannes | 42,178 | 45,644 | 51,759 | 53,079 | 53,036 | Morbihan | Brittany |
104. | Narbonne | 41,565 | 45,849 | 46,510 | 50,776 | 52,855 | Aude | Occitania |
105. | Arles | 50,500 | 52,058 | 50,513 | 51,970 | 52,697 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
106. | Clamart | 48,353 | 47,227 | 48,572 | 50,655 | 52,457 | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France |
107. | Sartrouville | 46.197 | 50,329 | 50.219 | 51,600 | 51,747 | Yvelines | Île-de-France |
108. | Bobigny | 42,723 | 44,659 | 44,079 | 47,806 | 50,479 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
109. | Grasse | 37,673 | 41,388 | 43,874 | 48,801 | 50,409 | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur |
110. | Sevran | 41,809 | 48,478 | 47,063 | 51.106 | 50,077 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France |
111. | Laval | 50,360 | 50,473 | 50,947 | 51,233 | 50,073 | Mayenne | Pays de la Loire |
Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSEE: Results du recensement de la population 2010
- ↑ City Population: Cities and agglomerations in France
- ^ INSEE: Municipalities in France
- ↑ In the course of a municipality merger, Dunkerque merged in December 2010 with the municipalities of Fort-Mardyck and Saint-Pol-sur-Mer , which had 3,586 and 22,100 inhabitants respectively in 2006. In 2006, 94,960 people would have lived in Dunkerque within the current borders, and 69,274 within the old borders.
- ↑ As part of a municipal merger, Cherbourg initially merged with the neighboring town of Octeville to form the municipality of Cherbourg-Octeville and then merged with the municipalities of Équeurdreville-Hainneville , La Glacerie , Querqueville and Tourlaville to form the municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. The population figures given here refer to the current territorial status.