--- page_version: 8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba content_date: 2026-09-29 entity_id: report:france-most-international-cities entity_type: report name: Most international cities in France canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/reports/france-most-international-cities.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/reports/france-most-international-cities.md snapshot_id: approved-static-c6015be852c3d22b generated_at: 2026-09-29 last_verified: 2026-09-17 citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/ citation_title: Most international cities in France citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-c6015be852c3d22b citation_version: "8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba" citation_retrieval_date: "2026-09-29" citation_build_date: "2026-09-29" citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Most international cities in France France cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific. - Canonical: /reports/france-most-international-cities/ - Last checked: 2026-09-17 ## Answers ### Creil, France 24.4 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Argenteuil, France 23.84 % - Source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip - Checked: 2026-09-17 ### Melun, France 20.8 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Mantes-la-Jolie, France 20.7 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Montreuil, France 18.88 % - Source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip - Checked: 2026-09-17 ### Strasbourg, France 16.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Meaux, France 15.8 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Mulhouse, France 15.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Paris, France 15 % - Source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/9005345/TD_NAT_AGESEX_PRINC_2023_xlsx.zip - Checked: 2026-07-18 ### Saint-Étienne, France 14.6 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Nice, France 14.5 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Béziers, France 14.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Villeurbanne, France 13.4 % - Source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip - Checked: 2026-09-17 ### Avignon, France 13.2 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Montbéliard, France 13.2 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Metz, France 13.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Montpellier, France 13.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Grenoble, France 12.9 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Orléans, France 12.7 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Perpignan, France 12.2 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Belfort, France 12 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Clermont-Ferrand, France 12 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Troyes, France 11.9 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Boulogne-Billancourt, France 11.79 % - Source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip - Checked: 2026-09-17 ### Colmar, France 11.5 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Toulouse, France 11.2 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Nîmes, France 11.1 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Besançon, France 11 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Limoges, France 11 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ### Chartres, France 10.8 % - Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en - Checked: 2026-08-03 ## Method Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2023. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify. ## Sources Eurostat — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/urb_cpopcb?format=JSON&lang=en Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip FR official material for foreign_population_total — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/9005345/TD_NAT_AGESEX_PRINC_2023_xlsx.zip ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Most international cities in France [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_most-international-cities-in-france_aa7fd46d0fb4, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Most international cities in France}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-29}, version = {8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Most international cities in France](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba; retrieved 2026-09-29; built 2026-09-29. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/ - Title: Most international cities in France - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-c6015be852c3d22b` - Version: `8271aa6ae038e089d299e4ce56b7d0ba` - Retrieved: 2026-09-29 - Built: 2026-09-29 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Boundary This ranking is a source-backed reference. Read the source, geographic grain and observation date before comparing rows.