Most international cities in France
Creil, France has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 24.4 % (Eurostat, 2022-12-31).
France cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-09-17
Source-backed answers
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creil, France | 24.4 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 2 | Argenteuil, France | 23.84 % | 2026-09-17 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 3 | Melun, France | 20.8 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 4 | Mantes-la-Jolie, France | 20.7 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 5 | Montreuil, France | 18.88 % | 2026-09-17 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 6 | Strasbourg, France | 16.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 7 | Meaux, France | 15.8 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 8 | Mulhouse, France | 15.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 9 | Paris, France | 15 % | 2026-07-18 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-01-01 |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne, France | 14.6 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 11 | Nice, France | 14.5 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 12 | Béziers, France | 14.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 13 | Villeurbanne, France | 13.4 % | 2026-09-17 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 14 | Avignon, France | 13.2 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 15 | Montbéliard, France | 13.2 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 16 | Metz, France | 13.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 17 | Montpellier, France | 13.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 18 | Grenoble, France | 12.9 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 19 | Orléans, France | 12.7 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 20 | Perpignan, France | 12.2 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 21 | Belfort, France | 12 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 22 | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 12 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 23 | Troyes, France | 11.9 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 24 | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 11.79 % | 2026-09-17 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 25 | Colmar, France | 11.5 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 26 | Toulouse, France | 11.2 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 27 | Nîmes, France | 11.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 28 | Besançon, France | 11 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 29 | Limoges, France | 11 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
| 30 | Chartres, France | 10.8 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Creil, France leads at 24.4 %.
- Chartres, France sits at the other end with 10.8 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 13.2 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 13.6 %.
Quick answer
What does Most international cities in France show?
Creil, France has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 24.4 % (Eurostat, 2022-12-31).
How this list is built
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.
- 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
- 2021-12-31 to 2023-01-01
- Last checked
- 2026-09-17
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 17). Most international cities in France [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 632c34082efa0496e1e0bb7229d64e1d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-17. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Most international cities in France},
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date = {2026-09-17},
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note = {Retrieved 2026-09-17. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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