List of cities in France

Map of metropolitan 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

• Department
• List of port cities in France
• List of city lists by country
• Region (France)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSEE: Results du recensement de la population 2010
2. ↑ City Population: Cities and agglomerations in France
3. ^ INSEE: Municipalities in France
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ 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.

Web links

• Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
• City Population - Population of cities in France