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 |
See also
References
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Dependencies and
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