As of January 2019 [update] , there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. [1] All figures reflect the municipal population (French : population municipale), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune, [2] excluding population counted apart. [3] The population of the matching Urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown. [4] [5] Communes in the overseas territories are listed in a separate table below.
For the overseas territories the legal populations sources are:
Commune | Territory | Pop. 2017–2019 | Rank |
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Nouméa | New Caledonia | 94,285 | 1 |
Dumbéa | New Caledonia | 35,873 | 2 |
Saint-Martin | Collectivity of Saint Martin | 35,334 | 3 |
Faaa | French Polynesia | 29,506 | 4 |
Punaauia | French Polynesia | 28,103 | 5 |
Le Mont-Dore | New Caledonia | 27,620 | 6 |
Papeete | French Polynesia | 26,926 | 7 |
Païta | New Caledonia | 24,563 | 8 |
Orne is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.
The canton of Fruges is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
The Canton of Marans is a canton of the Charente-Maritime département, in France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 6 to 20 communes:
The canton of Étaples is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Saint-Laurent-Lolmie is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy. Its population was 179 in 2019.
The canton of Lagnieu is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 13 to 25 communes:
The canton of Ceyzériat is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 22 communes:
The canton of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 16 to 26 communes:
The canton of Meximieux is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 12 to 15 communes:
The canton of Miribel is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 5 to 8 communes:
The canton of Trévoux is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 6 to 12 communes:
The canton of Villars-les-Dombes is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 10 to 25 communes:
The canton of Saint-Quentin-3 is an administrative division in northern France. It consists of the southern part of the town of Saint-Quentin and its southern suburbs. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 6 to 9 communes:
The canton of Bully-les-Mines is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The canton is organised around Bully-les-Mines.
The canton of Outreau is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The canton of Commentry is an administrative division in central France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 4 to 24 communes:
The canton of Huriel is an administrative division in central France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 14 to 31 communes :
The urban unit of Grenoble is a French urban unit centred on the city of Grenoble. An urban unit is a contiguously built-up area with at least 2,000 inhabitants, according to the definition by the French statistics institute INSEE. In the current zoning, revised in 2020, it consists of 38 communes. It covers 358.1 km2 and has 451,096 inhabitants (2018), population density 1260 /km2. The urban unit largely overlaps with, but should not be confused with, the administrative entity Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.
The canton of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat is a French canton located in the department of Haute-Vienne and in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.