List of the 75 largest cities in France (2012 census)
This is a list of communes in France with a population over 20,000 at the INSEE 2012 census.[1] All figures reflect INSEE's sans doubles comptes counting method. This list includes French overseas departments.
Commune | Department | Region | Pop. 2012 census | Rank |
Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | 2,240,621 | 1 |
Marseille | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 852,516 | 2 |
Lyon | Rhône | Rhône-Alpes | 496,343 | 3 |
Toulouse | Haute-Garonne | Midi-Pyrénées | 453,317 | 4 |
Nice | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 343,619 | 5 |
Nantes | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | 291,287 | 6 |
Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin | Alsace | 274,394 | 7 |
Montpellier | Hérault | Languedoc-Roussillon | 268,456 | 8 |
Bordeaux | Gironde | Aquitaine | 241,287 | 9 |
Lille | Nord | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 228,652 | 10 |
Rennes | Ille-et-Vilaine | Brittany | 209,652 | 11 |
Reims | Marne | Champagne-Ardenne | 181,893 | 12 |
Le Havre | Seine-Maritime | Upper Normandy | 173,142 | 13 |
Saint-Étienne | Loire | Rhône-Alpes | 171,483 | 14 |
Toulon | Var | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 164,899 | 15 |
Grenoble | Isère | Rhône-Alpes | 158,346 | 16 |
Dijon | Côte-d'Or | Burgundy | 152,071 | 17 |
Angers | Maine-et-Loire | Pays de la Loire | 149,017 | 18 |
Nîmes | Gard | Languedoc-Roussillon | 146,709 | 19 |
Villeurbanne | Rhône | Rhône-Alpes | 146,282 | 20 |
Saint-Denis, La Réunion | La Réunion | La Réunion | 145,238 | 21 |
Le Mans | Sarthe | Pays de la Loire | 143,599 | 22 |
Clermont-Ferrand | Puy-de-Dôme | Auvergne | 141,569 | 23 |
Aix-en-Provence | Bouches-du-Rhône | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 141,569 | 24 |
Brest | Finistère | Brittany | 139,676 | 25 |
Limoges | Haute-Vienne | Limousin | 136,221 | 26 |
Tours | Indre-et-Loire | Centre | 134,978 | 27 |
Amiens | Somme | Picardy | 132,727 | 28 |
Perpignan | Pyrénées-Orientales | Languedoc-Roussillon | 120,489 | 29 |
Metz | Moselle | Lorraine | 119,551 | 30 |
Boulogne-Billancourt | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 117,126 | 31 |
Besançon | Doubs | Franche-Comté | 116,353 | 32 |
Orléans | Loiret | Centre | 114,286 | 33 |
Rouen | Seine-Maritime | Upper Normandy | 111,557 | 34 |
Mulhouse | Haut-Rhin | Alsace | 110,755 | 35 |
Caen | Calvados | Lower Normandy | 108,365 | 36 |
Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 108,274 | 37 |
Nancy | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Lorraine | 105,067 | 38 |
Argenteuil | Val-d'Oise | Île-de-France | 104,962 | 39 |
Saint-Paul | Réunion | Réunion | 104,646 | 40 |
Montreuil | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 103,520 | 41 |
Roubaix | Nord | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 94,536 | 42 |
Tourcoing | Nord | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 92,707 | 43 |
Fort-de-France | Martinique | Martinique | 94,049 | 39 |
Dunkirk | Nord | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 90,995 | 44 |
Nanterre | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 90,722 | 45 |
Créteil | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France | 89,845 | 46 |
Avignon | Vaucluse | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 89,380 | 47 |
Vitry-sur-Seine | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France | 88,102 | 48 |
Poitiers | Vienne | Poitou-Charentes | 87,646 | 49 |
Courbevoie | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 86,854 | 50 |
Fort-de-France | Martinique | Martinique | 85,667 | 51 |
Versailles | Yvelines | Île-de-France | 85,424 | 52 |
Colombes | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 85,357 | 53 |
Asnières-sur-Seine | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 83,845 | 54 |
Aulnay-sous-Bois | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 81,899 | 55 |
Saint-Pierre | Réunion | Réunion | 80,823 | 56 |
Rueil-Malmaison | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 79,563 | 57 |
Pau | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Aquitaine | 78,506 | 58 |
Aubervilliers | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 77,032 | 59 |
Champigny-sur-Marne | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France | 75,869 | 60 |
Le Tampon | La Réunion | La Réunion | 75,631 | 61 |
Antibes | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 75,568 | 62 |
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France | 74,176 | 63 |
La Rochelle | Charente-Maritime | Poitou-Charentes | 74,123 | 64 |
Cannes | Alpes-Maritimes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 63,603 | 65 |
Béziers | Hérault | Languedoc-Roussillon | 72,970 | 66 |
Calais | Pas-de-Calais | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 72,589 | 67 |
Saint-Nazaire | Loire-Atlantique | Pays de la Loire | 67,940 | 68 |
Colmar | Haut-Rhin | Alsace | 67.257 | 69 |
Drancy | Seine-Saint-Denis | Île-de-France | 67,181 | 70 |
Bourges | Cher | Centre | 66,666 | 71 |
Mérignac | Gironde | Aquitaine | 66,660 | 72 |
Ajaccio | Corse-du-Sud | Corsica | 66,245 | 73 |
Issy-les-Moulineaux | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 65,322 | 74 |
Levallois-Perret | Hauts-de-Seine | Île-de-France | 64,654 | 75 |
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