France - Top 100+ Cities by Population

Population data by city is the population of the city itself, not the metro area. Data is as of 2011 estimates.

Rank CityCountryPopulation
1. Paris France 2,138,551
2. Marseille France 794,811
3. Lyon France 472,317
4. Toulouse France 433,055
5. Nice France 338,620
6. Nantes France 277,269
7. Strasbourg France 274,845
8. Montpellier France 248,252
9. Bordeaux France 231,844
10. Lille France 228,328
11. Rennes France 209,375
12. Reims France 196,565
13. Le Havre France 185,972
14. Saint-Étienne France 176,280
15. Toulon France 168,701
16. Angers France 168,279
17. Grenoble France 158,552
18. Dijon France 149,782
19. Nîmes France 148,236
20. Aix-en-Provence France 146,821
21. Brest France 144,899
22. Le Mans France 144,515
23. Amiens France 143,086
24. Tours France 141,621
25. Limoges France 141,176
26. Clermont-Ferrand France 138,681
27. Villeurbanne France 131,445
28. Besançon France 128,426
29. Orléans France 124,149
30. Metz France 123,914
31. Rouen France 112,787
32. Mulhouse France 111,430
33. Perpignan France 110,706
34. Caen France 110,624
35. Boulogne-Billancourt France 108,782
36. Nancy France 105,334
37. Argenteuil France 101,475
38. Saint-Denis France 96,128
39. Roubaix France 95,721
40. Tourcoing France 91,574
41. Montreuil France 90,652
42. Avignon France 89,769
43. Asnières-sur-Seine France 86,742
44. Nanterre France 86,719
45. Poitiers France 85,960
46. Versailles France 85,416
47. Courbevoie France 85,158
48. Créteil France 84,833
49. Pau France 82,697
50. Colombes France 82,300
51. Vitry-sur-Seine France 81,001
52. Aulnay-sous-Bois France 80,615
53. La Rochelle France 76,810
54. Champigny-sur-Marne France 76,726
55. Rueil-Malmaison France 76,616
56. Antibes France 76,393
57. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés France 75,402
58. Calais France 74,433
59. Béziers France 74,081
60. Dunkerque France 71,287
61. Aubervilliers France 70,914
62. Cannes France 70,011
63. Mérignac France 69,791
64. Bourges France 67,987
65. Saint-Nazaire France 67,054
66. Colmar France 65,405
67. Valence France 63,864
68. Quimper France 63,849
69. Drancy France 62,488
70. Noisy-le-Grand France 62,420
71. Villeneuve-d'Ascq France 62,400
72. La Seyne-sur-Mer France 62,330
73. Levallois-Perret France 62,178
74. Chambéry France 61,640
75. Issy-les-Moulineaux France 61,447
76. Neuilly-sur-Seine France 61,300
77. Troyes France 60,785
78. Antony France 59,845
79. La Roche-sur-Yon France 59,410
80. Cayenne France 58,492
81. Lorient France 58,112
82. Sarcelles France 57,979
83. Pessac France 57,944
84. Ivry-sur-Seine France 57,897
85. Évreux France 57,795
86. Vénissieux France 57,584
87. Cergy France 57,576
88. Clichy France 57,467
89. Saint-Quentin France 55,407
90. Niort France 54,660
91. Belfort France 54,562
92. Ajaccio France 54,364
93. Vannes France 54,020
94. Sartrouville France 53,980
95. Maisons-Alfort France 53,964
96. Meaux France 53,811
97. Blois France 53,660
98. Brive-la-Gaillarde France 53,466
99. Arles France 53,431
100. Beauvais France 53,393