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Largest cities in France

Paris, France has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 2,103,778 people (FR official material for population_total, 2023-01-01).

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France cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-19

Source-backed answers

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Paris, France2,103,778 people2026-07-18
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
2Marseille, France892,391 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
3Lyon, France525,314 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
4Toulouse, France514,819 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
5Nice, France357,737 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
6Nantes, France327,734 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
7Montpellier, France310,240 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
8Strasbourg, France293,771 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
9Bordeaux, France267,991 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
10Lille, France238,246 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
11Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France237,581 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
12Rennes, France230,890 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
13Paris 15 Vaugirard, France229,713 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
14Cergy-Pontoise, France222,099 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
15Paris 20 Ménilmontant, France185,140 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
16Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre, France183,127 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
17Paris 13 Gobelins, France181,271 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
18Toulon, France179,116 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
19Paris 19 Buttes-Chaumont, France178,691 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
20Reims, France177,674 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
21Saint-Étienne, France173,136 people2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
22Le Havre, France166,687 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
23Villeurbanne, France163,684 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
24Dijon, France161,830 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
25Paris 16 Passy, France159,386 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
26Paris 17 Batignolles-Monceau, France159,212 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
27Angers, France159,022 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
28Grenoble, France156,140 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
29Nîmes, France151,839 people2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01
30Aix-en-Provence, France149,695 people2026-09-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01

What the numbers say

  • Paris, France leads at 2,103,778 people.
  • Aix-en-Provence, France sits at the other end with 149,695 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 185,140 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 1,954,083 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in France show?

Paris, France has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 2,103,778 people (FR official material for population_total, 2023-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2023 and 2026. 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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-19
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 19). Largest cities in France [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b44c5586b2516630083ebc8ee365778c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-19. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-france_92816cd3d5cc,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in France},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-19},
  version = {b44c5586b2516630083ebc8ee365778c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-19. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Largest cities in France](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version b44c5586b2516630083ebc8ee365778c; retrieved 2026-09-19; built 2026-09-19.

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Sources

  1. FR official material for population_totalINSEE, Ville de Paris, FINESS and official French public authorities · Checked 2026-07-18
  2. InseeInsee · Checked 2026-08-05
  3. InseeInsee · Checked 2026-08-05
  4. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Toulouse (commune 31555)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  5. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Nice (commune 06088)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  6. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Nantes (commune 44109)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  7. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Montpellier (commune 34172)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  8. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Strasbourg (commune 67482)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  9. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Bordeaux (commune 33063)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
  10. INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, Lille (commune 59350)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03
Show 2 more sources
  1. Base nationale sur les intercommunalités (BANATIC) — groupements de communes, Population totale (DGCL, ministère de l'Intérieur)Direction générale des collectivités locales (DGCL), Ministère de l'Intérieur · Checked 2026-09-19
  2. INSEE — Populations légales 2023, Rennes (commune 35238)INSEE · Checked 2026-09-03