As of January 2019, 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.
List
Overseas territories
For the overseas territories the legal populations sources are:
- Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 2019 census[1]
- Saint-Barthélemy: 2019 census[1]
- Saint-Martin: 2019 census[1]
- French Polynesia: 2017 census[8]
- Wallis and Futuna: 2018 census[9]
- New Caledonia: 2019 census[10]
Commune | Territory | Pop. 2017–2019 | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
See also
- Urban area (France)
- Urban unit (including a list of "urban units" with more than 200,000 inhabitants)
- Lists of communes of France
- List of cities in Europe by country
References
- 1 2 3 4 Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ↑ INSEE: Municipal populations, definition.
- ↑ INSEE: Population counted apart, definition.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
- ↑ Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
- 1 2 2007
- 1 2 Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017
- ↑ Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
- ↑ INSEE: Les populations légales de Wallis et Futuna en 2018.
- ↑ ISEE: Les chiffres détaillés des populations légales par commune de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
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