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The regions of France and all agglomerations ("unités urbaines") of more than 20,000 inhabitants.
Regions
| | Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | A (km²) | C 1982-03-04 | C 1990-03-05 | C 1999-03-08 | E 2006-01-01 | E 2010-01-01 |
| i | Alsace | ALS | Reg | Strasbourg | 8,280 | 1,566,048 | 1,624,372 | 1,734,145 | 1,815,493 | 1,845,687 |
| i | Aquitaine | AQU | Reg | Bordeaux | 41,308 | 2,656,544 | 2,795,830 | 2,908,359 | 3,119,778 | 3,232,352 |
| i | Auvergne | AUV | Reg | Clermont-Ferrand | 26,013 | 1,332,678 | 1,321,214 | 1,308,878 | 1,335,938 | 1,347,387 |
| i | Basse-Normandie [Lower Normandy] | BAS | Reg | Caen | 17,589 | 1,350,979 | 1,391,318 | 1,422,193 | 1,456,793 | 1,473,494 |
| i | Bourgogne [Burgundy] | BOU | Reg | Dijon | 31,582 | 1,596,054 | 1,609,653 | 1,610,067 | 1,628,837 | 1,642,115 |
| i | Bretagne [Brittany] | BRE | Reg | Rennes | 27,208 | 2,707,886 | 2,795,638 | 2,906,197 | 3,094,534 | 3,199,066 |
| i | Centre | CEN | Reg | Orléans | 39,151 | 2,264,164 | 2,371,036 | 2,440,329 | 2,519,567 | 2,548,065 |
| i | Champagne - Ardenne | CHA | Reg | Châlons-en-Champagne | 25,606 | 1,345,935 | 1,347,848 | 1,342,363 | 1,338,850 | 1,335,923 |
| i | Corse | COR | Reg | Ajaccio | 8,680 | 240,178 | 250,371 | 260,196 | 294,118 | 309,693 |
| i | Franche-Comté {Franche-Comte} | FRA | Reg | Besançon | 16,202 | 1,084,049 | 1,097,276 | 1,117,059 | 1,150,624 | 1,171,763 |
| i | Haute-Normandie [Upper Normandy] | HAU | Reg | Rouen | 12,317 | 1,655,362 | 1,737,247 | 1,780,192 | 1,811,055 | 1,836,954 |
| i | Île-de-France {Ile-de-France} | ILE | Reg | Paris | 12,012 | 10,073,059 | 10,660,554 | 10,952,011 | 11,532,398 | 11,786,234 |
| i | Languedoc - Roussillon | LAN | Reg | Montpellier | 27,376 | 1,926,514 | 2,114,985 | 2,295,648 | 2,534,144 | 2,636,350 |
| i | Limousin | LIM | Reg | Limoges | 16,942 | 737,153 | 722,850 | 710,939 | 730,920 | 742,771 |
| i | Lorraine | LOR | Reg | Metz | 23,547 | 2,319,905 | 2,305,726 | 2,310,376 | 2,335,694 | 2,350,920 |
| i | Midi - Pyrénées {Midi - Pyrenees} | MID | Reg | Toulouse | 45,348 | 2,325,319 | 2,430,663 | 2,551,687 | 2,776,822 | 2,881,756 |
| i | Nord - Pas-de-Calais | NOR | Reg | Lille | 12,414 | 3,932,939 | 3,965,058 | 3,996,588 | 4,018,644 | 4,038,157 |
| i | Pays de la Loire | PAY | Reg | Nantes | 32,082 | 2,930,398 | 3,059,112 | 3,222,061 | 3,450,329 | 3,571,495 |
| i | Picardie | PIC | Reg | Amiens | 19,399 | 1,740,321 | 1,810,687 | 1,857,481 | 1,894,355 | 1,914,844 |
| i | Poitou - Charentes | POI | Reg | Poitiers | 25,810 | 1,568,230 | 1,595,109 | 1,640,068 | 1,724,123 | 1,770,363 |
| i | Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur {Provence - Alpes - Cote dAzur} | PRO | Reg | Marseille | 31,400 | 3,965,209 | 4,257,907 | 4,506,151 | 4,815,232 | 4,899,155 |
| i | Rhône - Alpes {Rhone - Alpes} | RHO | Reg | Lyon | 43,698 | 5,015,947 | 5,350,701 | 5,645,407 | 6,021,293 | 6,230,691 |
| | France | FRA | | Paris | 543,965 | 54,334,871 | 56,615,155 | 58,518,395 | 61,399,541 | 62,765,235 |
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Principal Agglomerations
| | Name | Adm. | A E 2010-01-01 |
| 1 | Paris | ILE | 10,460,118 |
| 2 | Marseille | PRO | 1,559,789 |
| 3 | Lyon | RHO | 1,551,108 |
| 4 | Lille | NOR | 1,018,356 |
| 5 | Nice | PRO | 941,777 |
| 6 | Toulouse | MID | 879,683 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | AQU | 843,425 |
| 8 | Nantes | PAY | 591,461 |
| 9 | Toulon | PRO | 557,802 |
| 10 | Lens | NOR | 508,206 |
Agglomerations
| | Name | Adm. | A C 1982-03-04 | A C 1990-03-05 | A C 1999-03-08 | A E 2006-01-01 | A E 2010-01-01 |
| i | Abbeville | PIC | 27,641 | 26,599 | 27,282 | 26,791 | 26,853 |
| i | Agde | LAN | 13,107 | 17,583 | 19,988 | 21,293 | 24,567 |
| i | Agen | AQU | 65,051 | 69,167 | 70,800 | 77,765 | 79,855 |
| i | Ajaccio | COR | 54,089 | 58,949 | 52,880 | 63,723 | 65,542 |
| i | Albertville | RHO | 30,735 | 33,299 | 34,530 | 37,211 | 38,853 |
| i | Albi | MID | 63,859 | 66,489 | 67,634 | 71,951 | 72,776 |
| i | Alençon {Alencon} | BAS | 44,004 | 43,869 | 43,785 | 42,968 | 41,274 |
| i | Alès {Ales} | LAN | 83,529 | 86,096 | 85,328 | 90,185 | 93,363 |
| i | Amiens | PIC | 157,644 | 159,084 | 163,601 | 163,960 | 162,718 |
| i | Angers | PAY | 194,407 | 204,921 | 218,587 | 219,559 | 215,887 |
| i | Angoulême {Angouleme} | POI | 106,876 | 105,437 | 106,419 | 107,750 | 107,821 |
| i | Annecy | RHO | 119,269 | 131,718 | 143,402 | 152,500 | 157,805 |
| i | Annemasse | RHO | 99,833 | 116,381 | 127,085 | 142,325 | 156,686 |
| i | Annonay | RHO | 26,810 | 27,017 | 26,807 | 26,806 | 26,927 |
| i | Arcachon | AQU | 42,877 | 47,141 | 54,204 | 60,143 | 61,457 |
| i | Arles | PRO | 52,547 | 54,309 | 53,057 | 54,712 | 55,566 |
| i | Armentières {Armentieres} | NOR | 72,397 | 74,936 | 76,438 | 75,694 | 77,579 |
| i | Arras | NOR | 83,587 | 83,261 | 84,413 | 85,810 | 86,402 |
| i | Aubenas | RHO | 35,143 | 35,610 | 36,229 | 38,964 | 39,463 |
| i | Auch | MID | 25,472 | 25,982 | 24,725 | 24,612 | 24,788 |
| i | Auray | BRE | 17,291 | 19,138 | 20,969 | 25,024 | 26,391 |
| i | Aurillac | AUV | 35,829 | 36,069 | 36,096 | 35,411 | 33,977 |
| i | Auxerre | BOU | 45,947 | 46,244 | 45,171 | 44,565 | 43,467 |
| i | Avignon | PRO | 352,534 | 379,499 | 405,426 | 436,769 | 442,377 |
| i | Bagnols-sur-Cèze {Bagnols-sur-Ceze} | LAN | 21,242 | 21,598 | 21,979 | 22,616 | 22,331 |
| i | Ballancourt-sur-Essonne | ILE | 22,394 | 27,864 | 30,892 | 33,783 | 34,618 |
| i | Barentin | HAU | 19,499 | 20,227 | 20,757 | 20,085 | 20,122 |
| i | Bar-le-Duc | LOR | 22,329 | 21,388 | 20,549 | 19,527 | 19,305 |
| i | Bastia | COR | 56,084 | 53,780 | 55,602 | 63,471 | 65,109 |
| i | Bayonne | AQU | 176,722 | 190,703 | 204,132 | 218,241 | 224,487 |
| i | Beaucaire | LAN | 23,575 | 24,226 | 26,416 | 28,475 | 29,243 |
| i | Beaumont-sur-Oise | ILE | 27,648 | 30,622 | 31,565 | 32,763 | 33,478 |
| i | Beaune | BOU | 20,207 | 21,289 | 21,923 | 21,778 | 22,394 |
| i | Beauvais | PIC | 55,817 | 57,704 | 59,003 | 59,218 | 58,621 |
| i | Belfort | FRA | 78,317 | 78,387 | 80,049 | 81,104 | 81,167 |
| i | Belleville | RHO | 14,950 | 16,050 | 16,836 | 19,820 | 21,944 |
| i | Berck | NOR | 41,628 | 43,105 | 44,107 | 46,804 | 45,723 |
| i | Bergerac | AQU | 56,919 | 60,135 | 60,336 | 62,808 | 64,252 |
| i | Besançon {Besancon} | FRA | 125,934 | 129,224 | 134,376 | 134,951 | 135,050 |
| i | Béthune {Bethune} | NOR | 341,098 | 349,115 | 346,900 | 349,884 | 352,945 |
| i | Béziers {Beziers} | LAN | 85,057 | 81,082 | 80,835 | 84,845 | 84,716 |
| i | Blois | CEN | 62,622 | 66,925 | 67,935 | 68,410 | 66,752 |
| i | Bordeaux | AQU | 676,765 | 731,341 | 773,636 | 825,239 | 843,425 |
| i | Boulogne-sur-Mer | NOR | 94,346 | 91,249 | 92,704 | 90,483 | 88,591 |
| i | Bourg-en-Bresse | RHO | 53,463 | 55,784 | 57,198 | 57,765 | 58,434 |
| i | Bourges | CEN | 91,119 | 91,854 | 88,456 | 86,558 | 82,373 |
| i | Bourgoin-Jallieu | RHO | 32,994 | 38,538 | 46,868 | 51,921 | 55,032 |
| i | Brest | BRE | 201,145 | 201,480 | 206,589 | 202,887 | 199,852 |
| i | Brignoles | PRO | 12,841 | 15,043 | 16,932 | 20,069 | 21,847 |
| i | Brive-la-Gaillarde | LIM | 70,056 | 71,169 | 72,099 | 75,471 | 76,408 |
| i | Caen | BAS | 187,112 | 193,860 | 202,258 | 199,195 | 196,743 |
| i | Cahors | MID | 22,014 | 22,676 | 23,128 | 23,193 | 23,684 |
| i | Calais | NOR | 95,696 | 96,815 | 99,616 | 97,974 | 97,010 |
| i | Cambrai | NOR | 50,497 | 48,657 | 48,813 | 47,161 | 47,183 |
| i | Carcassonne | LAN | 42,900 | 45,381 | 46,024 | 49,003 | 49,962 |
| i | Castelsarrasin | MID | 22,108 | 23,288 | 23,673 | 25,094 | 24,962 |
| i | Castres | MID | 56,215 | 57,377 | 56,710 | 56,815 | 56,499 |
| i | Cernay | ALS | 29,122 | 29,619 | 30,446 | 31,051 | 31,475 |
| i | Challans | PAY | 17,799 | 19,493 | 21,792 | 24,155 | 25,544 |
| i | Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-sur-Marne) {Chalons-en-Champagne} | CHA | 63,061 | 61,452 | 60,013 | 58,181 | 57,148 |
| i | Chalon-sur-Saône {Chalon-sur-Saone} | BOU | 78,196 | 77,764 | 75,447 | 73,732 | 73,163 |
| i | Chambéry {Chambery} | RHO | 137,366 | 149,378 | 163,602 | 174,342 | 177,955 |
| i | Champagne-sur-Seine | ILE | 21,399 | 24,796 | 26,862 | 27,362 | 27,360 |
| i | Chantilly | PIC | 33,190 | 36,615 | 36,474 | 38,008 | 37,866 |
| i | Charleville-Mézières {Charleville-Mezieres} | CHA | 68,499 | 68,115 | 66,637 | 63,046 | 61,179 |
| i | Chartres | CEN | 78,770 | 85,933 | 87,800 | 87,711 | 88,474 |
| i | Charvieu-Chavagneux | RHO | 18,153 | 21,342 | 21,221 | 22,010 | 23,208 |
| i | Châteauroux {Chateauroux} | CEN | 66,851 | 67,090 | 66,082 | 65,300 | 63,153 |
| i | Château-Thierry {Chateau-Thierry} | PIC | 20,801 | 21,814 | 21,417 | 20,990 | 21,129 |
| i | Châtellerault {Chatellerault} | POI | 42,337 | 41,994 | 42,379 | 43,051 | 41,280 |
| i | Chaumont | CHA | 28,383 | 27,988 | 27,017 | 25,378 | 24,065 |
| i | Cherbourg-Octeville | BAS | 87,186 | 94,081 | 90,864 | 87,886 | 84,814 |
| i | Cholet | PAY | 58,632 | 58,614 | 57,710 | 58,262 | 57,863 |
| i | Clermont | PIC | 17,447 | 18,697 | 19,631 | 21,139 | 21,244 |
| i | Clermont-Ferrand | AUV | 256,189 | 254,416 | 258,541 | 260,657 | 260,681 |
| i | Cluses | RHO | 57,198 | 64,799 | 73,194 | 79,568 | 83,878 |
| i | Cognac | POI | 28,524 | 27,468 | 27,042 | 27,334 | 26,446 |
| i | Colmar | ALS | 83,687 | 85,164 | 88,410 | 89,841 | 92,019 |
| i | Compiègne {Compiegne} | PIC | 64,134 | 68,659 | 69,903 | 71,397 | 70,411 |
| i | Concarneau | BRE | 23,893 | 24,760 | 25,807 | 26,657 | 25,885 |
| i | Coulommiers | ILE | 18,441 | 21,289 | 23,922 | 24,707 | 25,934 |
| i | Creil | PIC | 105,470 | 109,791 | 110,688 | 115,017 | 116,073 |
| i | Dax | AQU | 37,268 | 39,774 | 41,776 | 46,853 | 48,780 |
| i | Dieppe | HAU | 42,100 | 42,404 | 41,413 | 40,618 | 39,211 |
| i | Dijon | BOU | 218,984 | 230,451 | 236,953 | 238,088 | 237,117 |
| i | Dinan | BRE | 26,009 | 25,869 | 24,722 | 25,777 | 26,504 |
| i | Dinard | BRE | 25,310 | 27,104 | 28,523 | 30,243 | 31,546 |
| i | Dives-sur-Mer | BAS | 31,278 | 31,935 | 34,106 | 35,109 | 35,977 |
| i | Dole | FRA | 31,840 | 32,223 | 30,686 | 30,394 | 30,872 |
| i | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe | LOR | 22,035 | 21,795 | 21,650 | 22,256 | 22,583 |
| i | Draguignan | PRO | 46,797 | 56,864 | 64,349 | 73,742 | 75,001 |
| i | Dreux | CEN | 47,008 | 51,563 | 48,171 | 49,661 | 48,305 |
| i | Dunkerque | NOR | 193,857 | 190,879 | 191,173 | 182,973 | 178,449 |
| i | Épernay {Epernay} | CHA | 34,868 | 34,527 | 33,699 | 32,012 | 31,434 |
| i | Épinal {Epinal} | LOR | 64,238 | 64,263 | 63,980 | 63,064 | 62,144 |
| i | Esbly | ILE | 20,973 | 25,481 | 29,329 | 31,759 | 33,424 |
| i | Étampes {Etampes} | ILE | 23,304 | 25,981 | 26,604 | 27,671 | 28,495 |
| i | Eu | HAU | 24,121 | 23,336 | 22,634 | 22,093 | 21,064 |
| i | Évreux {Evreux} | HAU | 54,654 | 57,968 | 60,108 | 61,112 | 61,116 |
| i | Fécamp {Fecamp} | HAU | 23,096 | 22,488 | 22,717 | 21,255 | 21,044 |
| i | Flers | BAS | 25,819 | 24,982 | 23,873 | 22,958 | 22,351 |
| i | Fontainebleau | ILE | 35,629 | 35,706 | 36,713 | 37,259 | 36,550 |
| i | Forbach | LOR | 100,448 | 98,758 | 92,845 | 88,842 | 86,443 |
| i | Fosses | ILE | 19,638 | 20,483 | 21,273 | 21,573 | 21,436 |
| i | Fouesnant | BRE | 13,922 | 16,370 | 19,527 | 23,173 | 23,255 |
| i | Fougères {Fougeres} | BRE | 28,976 | 27,389 | 27,178 | 26,797 | 25,838 |
| i | Fréjus {Frejus} | PRO | 60,289 | 73,967 | 83,840 | 92,318 | 92,029 |
| i | Gap | PRO | 31,044 | 33,841 | 36,637 | 37,707 | 40,167 |
| i | Granville | BAS | 23,105 | 22,835 | 24,580 | 25,691 | 26,137 |
| i | Grenoble | RHO | 449,905 | 464,413 | 483,203 | 494,452 | 496,951 |
| i | Guebwiller | ALS | 25,427 | 26,020 | 28,472 | 29,312 | 29,422 |
| i | Guingamp | BRE | 21,175 | 20,908 | 21,045 | 21,582 | 21,692 |
| i | Haguenau | ALS | 46,942 | 48,800 | 54,537 | 58,822 | 58,831 |
| i | Hazebrouck | NOR | 24,535 | 25,134 | 26,217 | 26,073 | 26,572 |
| i | Joeuf | LOR | 26,681 | 24,531 | 23,349 | 22,596 | 22,259 |
| i | La Bresse | LOR | 26,588 | 26,050 | 25,569 | 25,372 | 25,159 |
| i | Lannion | BRE | 42,378 | 43,617 | 45,539 | 48,244 | 50,026 |
| i | Laon | PIC | 29,506 | 29,323 | 29,182 | 29,512 | 29,219 |
| i | La Rochelle | POI | 111,041 | 110,289 | 122,073 | 126,974 | 126,725 |
| i | La Roche-sur-Yon | PAY | 45,098 | 45,219 | 49,262 | 50,717 | 52,664 |
| i | La Tour-du-Pin | RHO | 15,703 | 16,464 | 16,794 | 19,518 | 21,106 |
| i | Laval | PAY | 61,163 | 64,041 | 66,321 | 67,245 | 67,814 |
| i | Le Creusot | BOU | 45,100 | 41,681 | 38,349 | 35,027 | 34,316 |
| i | Le Havre | HAU | 261,452 | 261,606 | 256,558 | 247,623 | 241,037 |
| i | Le Mans | PAY | 203,829 | 204,524 | 208,205 | 208,027 | 207,658 |
| i | Lens | NOR | 533,971 | 526,877 | 518,088 | 511,782 | 508,206 |
| i | Le Puy-en-Velay | AUV | 42,426 | 41,115 | 40,006 | 38,865 | 38,139 |
| i | Les Sables-d'Olonne {Les Sables-dOlonne} | PAY | 32,436 | 35,352 | 38,500 | 40,898 | 41,574 |
| i | Libourne | AQU | 32,350 | 31,724 | 32,056 | 34,047 | 34,747 |
| i | Lille | NOR | 962,531 | 977,917 | 999,797 | 1,015,784 | 1,018,356 |
| i | Lillebonne | HAU | 20,396 | 20,384 | 20,551 | 20,375 | 19,768 |
| i | Limoges | LIM | 173,855 | 172,911 | 176,733 | 181,406 | 186,499 |
| i | Lisieux | BAS | 31,796 | 31,002 | 30,626 | 31,159 | 29,823 |
| i | Longwy | LOR | 51,420 | 45,140 | 43,720 | 43,693 | 44,925 |
| i | Lons-le-Saunier | FRA | 29,321 | 28,175 | 27,658 | 27,275 | 27,161 |
| i | Lorient | BRE | 110,823 | 115,488 | 116,174 | 116,764 | 114,360 |
| i | Louviers | HAU | 32,962 | 40,991 | 43,589 | 44,157 | 43,536 |
| i | Lunel | LAN | 27,336 | 33,265 | 41,445 | 45,494 | 48,613 |
| i | Lunéville {Luneville} | LOR | 24,530 | 23,655 | 23,030 | 22,872 | 23,142 |
| i | Lyon | RHO | 1,313,274 | 1,368,162 | 1,428,998 | 1,504,761 | 1,551,108 |
| i | Mâcon {Macon} | BOU | 49,884 | 49,654 | 47,739 | 48,050 | 48,297 |
| i | Manosque | PRO | 24,785 | 25,662 | 26,729 | 28,852 | 30,118 |
| i | Marmande | AQU | 25,334 | 26,497 | 26,610 | 27,430 | 29,307 |
| i | Marseille | PRO | 1,413,201 | 1,416,653 | 1,463,016 | 1,541,411 | 1,559,789 |
| i | Maubeuge | NOR | 127,904 | 124,510 | 119,657 | 115,832 | 112,571 |
| i | Mazamet | MID | 28,428 | 27,512 | 25,849 | 25,567 | 25,325 |
| i | Meaux | ILE | 55,192 | 62,073 | 66,945 | 67,862 | 70,186 |
| i | Menton | PRO | 59,198 | 66,269 | 66,410 | 68,499 | 69,248 |
| i | Metz | LOR | 279,814 | 281,630 | 290,336 | 291,318 | 288,940 |
| i | Millau | MID | 23,021 | 23,189 | 22,840 | 23,620 | 23,361 |
| i | Molsheim | ALS | 19,231 | 20,925 | 24,045 | 25,263 | 25,573 |
| i | Montargis | CEN | 52,216 | 52,804 | 53,590 | 54,819 | 54,443 |
| i | Montauban | MID | 59,539 | 62,102 | 64,039 | 69,221 | 73,104 |
| i | Montbéliard {Montbeliard} | FRA | 128,194 | 117,510 | 113,059 | 109,118 | 108,502 |
| i | Montbrison | RHO | 17,625 | 19,383 | 20,522 | 21,966 | 22,520 |
| i | Montceau-les-Mines | BOU | 50,358 | 46,338 | 42,458 | 40,757 | 40,301 |
| i | Mont-de-Marsan | AQU | 33,616 | 35,403 | 36,653 | 38,401 | 40,149 |
| i | Montélimar {Montelimar} | RHO | 42,826 | 44,208 | 46,361 | 49,651 | 51,657 |
| i | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | ILE | 26,663 | 26,037 | 25,580 | 25,257 | 25,375 |
| i | Montluçon {Montlucon} | AUV | 68,377 | 63,202 | 60,057 | 58,996 | 57,891 |
| i | Montpellier | LAN | 263,397 | 300,505 | 344,877 | 381,643 | 390,962 |
| i | Morlaix | BRE | 29,309 | 27,435 | 26,516 | 26,502 | 26,213 |
| i | Moulins | AUV | 43,082 | 41,715 | 40,050 | 38,570 | 37,982 |
| i | Mulhouse | ALS | 227,930 | 231,174 | 237,880 | 242,353 | 242,353 |
| i | Nancy | LOR | 284,441 | 287,243 | 288,096 | 287,384 | 286,215 |
| i | Nantes | PAY | 476,295 | 506,690 | 557,947 | 582,956 | 591,461 |
| i | Narbonne | LAN | 41,565 | 45,849 | 46,510 | 50,776 | 51,039 |
| i | Nemours | ILE | 18,533 | 19,704 | 21,086 | 20,534 | 20,871 |
| i | Nevers | BOU | 68,736 | 67,891 | 66,162 | 63,219 | 61,647 |
| i | Nice | PRO | 780,716 | 856,263 | 889,163 | 940,454 | 941,777 |
| i | Nîmes {Nimes} | LAN | 145,107 | 155,458 | 162,662 | 176,451 | 175,503 |
| i | Niort | POI | 66,304 | 66,923 | 67,450 | 69,566 | 70,128 |
| i | Orléans {Orleans} | CEN | 220,478 | 243,153 | 263,292 | 269,283 | 269,724 |
| i | Oyonnax | RHO | 29,786 | 32,535 | 34,031 | 34,047 | 33,313 |
| i | Pamiers | MID | 20,073 | 20,818 | 22,231 | 24,682 | 25,930 |
| i | Paris | ILE | 9,120,945 | 9,554,192 | 9,738,809 | 10,247,064 | 10,460,118 |
| i | Pau | AQU | 167,701 | 176,140 | 184,111 | 196,930 | 197,611 |
| i | Penmarch | BRE | 22,905 | 22,613 | 21,813 | 22,624 | 23,221 |
| i | Périgueux {Perigueux} | AQU | 62,670 | 63,322 | 63,539 | 64,441 | 66,299 |
| i | Perpignan | LAN | 159,946 | 163,635 | 169,298 | 185,929 | 190,668 |
| i | Poitiers | POI | 106,063 | 109,058 | 120,156 | 127,461 | 127,845 |
| i | Pont-à-Mousson {Pont-a-Mousson} | LOR | 23,468 | 23,677 | 23,884 | 23,111 | 23,741 |
| i | Pontarlier | FRA | 19,957 | 20,850 | 21,922 | 22,629 | 22,634 |
| i | Pont-Audemer | HAU | 18,318 | 18,290 | 19,096 | 19,754 | 21,218 |
| i | Quimper | BRE | 68,734 | 73,062 | 77,256 | 79,781 | 79,067 |
| i | Rambouillet | ILE | 21,438 | 24,343 | 24,758 | 25,661 | 26,159 |
| i | Redon | BRE | 18,581 | 19,278 | 19,605 | 20,241 | 20,785 |
| i | Reims | CHA | 201,443 | 208,755 | 215,581 | 212,021 | 208,639 |
| i | Remiremont | LOR | 24,119 | 22,903 | 22,601 | 22,164 | 22,071 |
| i | Rennes | BRE | 251,163 | 266,003 | 293,546 | 305,093 | 310,672 |
| i | Riom | AUV | 28,759 | 31,175 | 31,645 | 31,956 | 32,081 |
| i | Roanne | RHO | 88,472 | 84,599 | 81,660 | 79,398 | 81,015 |
| i | Rochefort | POI | 36,807 | 36,758 | 37,224 | 38,563 | 38,886 |
| i | Rodez | MID | 43,963 | 45,756 | 45,892 | 47,810 | 49,070 |
| i | Romans-sur-Isère {Romans-sur-Isere} | RHO | 48,965 | 51,267 | 52,715 | 54,454 | 55,348 |
| i | Rouen | HAU | 449,896 | 455,731 | 462,711 | 462,722 | 463,748 |
| i | Royan | POI | 28,961 | 29,936 | 32,012 | 34,543 | 34,915 |
| i | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | NOR | 30,193 | 31,829 | 32,568 | 32,665 | 33,355 |
| i | Saint-Avold | LOR | 36,532 | 37,056 | 37,236 | 36,766 | 35,832 |
| i | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins | PAY | 13,880 | 14,312 | 16,326 | 20,509 | 21,774 |
| i | Saint-Brieuc | BRE | 85,823 | 86,187 | 88,419 | 92,048 | 93,915 |
| i | Saint-Cyprien | LAN | 31,584 | 37,936 | 44,118 | 48,118 | 50,424 |
| i | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges {Saint-Die-des-Vosges} | LOR | 43,463 | 42,854 | 43,193 | 43,613 | 43,879 |
| i | Saint-Dizier | CHA | 42,421 | 41,280 | 38,086 | 33,829 | 32,192 |
| i | Saintes | POI | 28,205 | 28,965 | 28,728 | 30,258 | 29,740 |
| i | Saint-Étienne {Saint-Etienne} | RHO | 409,938 | 407,359 | 381,378 | 375,471 | 371,281 |
| i | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez | PAY | 15,401 | 17,571 | 19,982 | 23,002 | 23,993 |
| i | Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | RHO | 43,340 | 50,621 | 54,034 | 57,745 | 57,874 |
| i | Saint-Lô {Saint-Lo} | BAS | 27,656 | 26,577 | 25,462 | 24,582 | 23,567 |
| i | Saint-Louis | ALS | 32,836 | 33,509 | 34,546 | 35,889 | 37,110 |
| i | Saint-Malo | BRE | 46,347 | 48,057 | 50,675 | 49,661 | 46,342 |
| i | Saint-Marcellin | RHO | 16,447 | 17,111 | 18,037 | 19,793 | 20,565 |
| i | Saint-Nazaire | PAY | 134,001 | 136,478 | 142,798 | 150,342 | 149,762 |
| i | Saint-Omer | NOR | 60,889 | 61,789 | 63,754 | 62,182 | 61,721 |
| i | Saint-Quentin | PIC | 72,925 | 70,197 | 68,379 | 66,066 | 65,214 |
| i | Sallanches | RHO | 34,914 | 38,849 | 42,136 | 44,684 | 44,888 |
| i | Salon-de-Provence | PRO | 44,606 | 45,331 | 50,017 | 53,935 | 57,599 |
| i | Sarreguemines | LOR | 31,428 | 30,043 | 30,803 | 29,618 | 29,594 |
| i | Saumur | PAY | 33,444 | 31,612 | 31,443 | 30,359 | 29,081 |
| i | Sedan | CHA | 31,847 | 29,956 | 28,950 | 28,501 | 27,154 |
| i | Sens | BOU | 35,500 | 37,000 | 37,600 | 38,521 | 36,243 |
| i | Sète {Sete} | LAN | 65,692 | 71,929 | 75,987 | 85,927 | 88,116 |
| i | Soissons | PIC | 45,504 | 44,327 | 43,316 | 42,555 | 42,773 |
| i | Strasbourg | ALS | 391,877 | 410,644 | 435,059 | 449,184 | 449,931 |
| i | Tarbes | MID | 81,695 | 78,915 | 77,962 | 78,060 | 76,727 |
| i | Tergnier | PIC | 25,056 | 24,257 | 24,017 | 23,383 | 22,939 |
| i | Thionville | LOR | 137,273 | 132,413 | 130,480 | 130,437 | 131,738 |
| i | Thonon-les-Bains | RHO | 47,383 | 55,878 | 59,774 | 66,075 | 71,445 |
| i | Toul | LOR | 23,408 | 23,234 | 22,920 | 23,322 | 22,646 |
| i | Toulon | PRO | 469,027 | 501,580 | 527,814 | 552,607 | 557,802 |
| i | Toulouse | MID | 588,509 | 667,346 | 761,963 | 851,947 | 879,683 |
| i | Tournon-sur-Rhône {Tournon-sur-Rhone} | RHO | 23,718 | 25,672 | 26,673 | 28,450 | 29,189 |
| i | Tours | CEN | 301,915 | 315,525 | 332,315 | 344,470 | 346,105 |
| i | Troyes | CHA | 130,849 | 128,546 | 131,336 | 133,504 | 132,751 |
| i | Tulle | LIM | 25,072 | 23,621 | 21,943 | 22,379 | 21,725 |
| i | Valence | RHO | 121,891 | 125,992 | 129,508 | 134,077 | 134,449 |
| i | Valenciennes | NOR | 349,334 | 335,977 | 334,569 | 333,323 | 334,785 |
| i | Vannes | BRE | 56,073 | 61,719 | 71,601 | 75,657 | 76,343 |
| i | Vendôme {Vendome} | CEN | 22,572 | 23,392 | 23,623 | 23,475 | 23,655 |
| i | Verdun | LOR | 26,944 | 26,711 | 25,509 | 25,624 | 24,787 |
| i | Vernon | HAU | 28,416 | 29,851 | 31,366 | 31,306 | 32,393 |
| i | Vesoul | FRA | 29,272 | 29,647 | 29,916 | 29,395 | 29,155 |
| i | Vichy | AUV | 67,591 | 66,175 | 64,909 | 65,273 | 64,924 |
| i | Vienne | RHO | 77,804 | 83,010 | 87,190 | 91,287 | 92,845 |
| i | Vierzon | CEN | 36,633 | 35,049 | 32,528 | 31,029 | 30,012 |
| i | Villefontaine | RHO | 21,598 | 29,912 | 32,710 | 33,960 | 34,595 |
| i | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | AQU | 46,296 | 47,413 | 47,239 | 49,175 | 49,727 |
| i | Vizille | RHO | 14,343 | 16,567 | 18,740 | 19,594 | 20,069 |
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
All agglomerations according to the boundaries defined in 2010.
Since 2006, France computes the population from the census results of different years.