Cities in France
Name↕ | Commune↕ | Department↕ | Region↕ | Population, 2006↕ | Population, 2013↕ | Population, 2023↕ | Rank, 2023↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris | Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | 2,181,371 | 2,229,621 | 2,103,778 | 1 |
Marseille | Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 839,043 | 855,393 | 886,040 | 2 |
Lyon | Lyon | Lyon Metropolis | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 472,305 | 500,715 | 519,127 | 3 |
Toulouse | Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | Occitanie | 437,715 | 458,298 | 514,819 | 4 |
Nice | Nice | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 347,060 | 342,295 | 357,737 | 5 |
Nantes | Nantes | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | 282,853 | 292,718 | 327,734 | 6 |
Montpellier | Montpellier | Hérault | Occitanie | 251,634 | 272,084 | 310,240 | 7 |
Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin | Grand Est | 272,975 | 275,718 | 293,771 | 8 |
Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Gironde | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 232,260 | 243,626 | 267,991 | 9 |
Lille | Lille | Nord | Hauts-de-France | 226,014 | 231,491 | 238,246 | 10 |
Rennes | Rennes | Ille-et-Vilaine | Brittany | 209,613 | 211,373 | 230,890 | 11 |
Toulon | Toulon | Var | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 167,816 | 163,760 | 179,116 | 12 |
Reims | Reims | Marne | Grand Est | 183,837 | 182,592 | 177,674 | 13 |
Saint-Étienne | Saint-Étienne | Loire | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 177,480 | 172,023 | 173,136 | 14 |
Le Havre | Le Havre | Seine-Maritime | Normandy | 182,580 | 172,074 | 166,687 | 15 |
Villeurbanne | Villeurbanne | Lyon Metropolis | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 136,473 | 147,192 | 163,684 | 16 |
Dijon | Dijon | Côte-d'Or | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 151,504 | 153,003 | 161,830 | 17 |
Angers | Angers | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire | 152,337 | 150,125 | 159,022 | 18 |
Grenoble | Grenoble | Isère | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 156,107 | 160,215 | 156,140 | 19 |
Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis | Réunion | Réunion | 138,314 | 142,442 | 155,634 | 20 |
Nîmes | Nîmes | Gard | Occitanie | 144,092 | 150,564 | 151,839 | 21 |
Aix-en-Provence | Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 142,534 | 141,545 | 149,695 | 22 |
Clermont-Ferrand | Clermont-Ferrand | Puy-de-Dôme | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 138,992 | 141,463 | 146,351 | 24 |
Le Mans | Le Mans | Sarthe | Pays de la Loire | 144,016 | 144,244 | 146,249 | 25 |
Brest | Brest | Finistère | Brittany | 144,548 | 139,386 | 142,346 | 26 |
Tours | Tours | Indre-et-Loire | Centre-Val de Loire | 136,942 | 134,803 | 139,259 | 27 |
Amiens | Amiens | Somme | Hauts-de-France | 136,105 | 132,699 | 136,449 | 28 |
Annecy | Annecy | Haute-Savoie | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 51,023 | 52,029 | 132,117 | 29 |
Limoges | Limoges | Haute-Vienne | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 136,539 | 135,098 | 129,937 | 30 |
Metz | Metz | Moselle | Grand Est | 124,435 | 118,634 | 122,572 | 31 |
Perpignan | Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | Occitanie | 115,326 | 120,959 | 121,616 | 32 |
Boulogne-Billancourt | Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 110,251 | 116,794 | 119,019 | 33 |
Besançon | Besançon | Doubs | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 117,080 | 116,952 | 118,489 | 34 |
Rouen | Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Normandy | 107,904 | 110,755 | 117,662 | 35 |
Orléans | Orléans | Loiret | Centre-Val de Loire | 113,130 | 114,375 | 116,357 | 36 |
Montreuil | Montreuil | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 101,587 | 104,139 | 111,934 | 37 |
Caen | Caen | Calvados | Normandy | 110,399 | 107,229 | 109,400 | 38 |
Saint-Paul | Saint-Paul | Réunion | Réunion | 99,291 | 104,332 | 108,088 | 39 |
Argenteuil | Argenteuil | Val-d'Oise | Île-de-France | 102,683 | 106,817 | 106,130 | 40 |
Mulhouse | Mulhouse | Haut-Rhin | Grand Est | 110,514 | 112,063 | 104,978 | 41 |
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