Grand Est (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Grand Est Region according to census results and latest official estimates.

Since 2006, France computes the population size from census results counted in different years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
Ardennes		Dept	Charleville-Mézières	5,229	309,306	302,338	296,357	290,130	284,749	277,752	265,893	522900	→
Aube		Dept	Troyes	6,004	284,823	289,300	289,207	292,131	300,840	309,056	310,447	600400	→
Bas-Rhin		Dept	Strasbourg	4,755	882,121	915,676	953,053	1,026,120	1,084,840	1,116,658	1,163,810	475500	→
Haute-Marne		Dept	Chaumont	6,211	212,304	210,670	204,067	194,873	187,407	179,154	168,331	621100	→
Haut-Rhin		Dept	Colmar	3,525	635,209	650,372	671,319	708,025	742,408	762,607	770,738	352500	→
Marne		Dept	Châlons-en-Champagne	8,169	530,454	543,670	558,276	565,284	566,561	572,293	563,076	816900	→
Meurthe-et-Moselle		Dept	Nancy	5,246	722,693	716,846	711,943	713,779	726,592	734,403	732,236	524600	→
Meuse		Dept	Bar-le-Duc	6,211	203,799	200,101	196,223	192,198	193,962	190,626	180,290	621100	→
Moselle		Dept	Metz	6,216	1,006,373	1,007,189	1,011,302	1,023,447	1,039,023	1,044,486	1,051,309	621600	→
Vosges		Dept	Épinal	5,874	397,957	395,769	386,258	380,952	380,304	372,016	357,248	587400	→
Grand Est	GES	Reg	Strasbourg	57,441	5,185,039	5,231,931	5,278,005	5,386,939	5,506,686	5,559,051	5,563,378	5744100	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	66,165,815		→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
1	Strasbourg	293,771
2	Reims	177,674
3	Metz	122,572
4	Mulhouse	104,978
5	Nancy	103,671
6	Colmar	66,970
7	Troyes	62,088
8	Charleville-Mézières	45,560
9	Châlons-en-Champagne	42,971
10	Thionville	42,658

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Grand Est Region with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2025.

Name	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01	Area
Bar-le-Duc	19,288	18,471	17,545	16,944	16,002	15,548	14,607	2362	→
Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-sur-Marne)	52,275	51,137	48,423	47,339	45,829	45,268	42,971	2605	→
Charleville-Mézières	60,176	58,667	57,008	55,490	51,070	47,847	45,560	3144	→
Chaumont	27,226	27,554	27,041	25,996	24,321	22,333	20,827	5526	→
Colmar	64,771	62,483	63,498	65,136	66,560	70,284	66,970	6657	→
Épernay	29,677	27,668	26,682	25,844	24,591	23,169	22,174	2269	→
Épinal	39,604	37,818	36,732	35,794	33,528	31,938	32,251	5924	→
Forbach	25,244	27,187	27,076	22,807	21,801	21,639	20,493	1632	→
Haguenau	25,147	26,629	27,675	32,242	35,112	34,846	36,391	18259	→
Illkirch-Graffenstaden	16,330	19,857	22,307	23,815	26,829	26,605	27,872	2221	→
Lingolsheim	10,479	14,688	16,480	16,860	16,954	18,328	20,826	569	→
Longwy	20,131	17,338	15,439	14,521	14,346	14,437	15,679	534	→
Lunéville	22,709	21,468	20,711	20,200	20,078	19,020	18,262	1634	→
Metz	111,869	114,232	119,594	123,776	123,580	117,492	122,572	4194	→
Montigny-lès-Metz	24,519	22,114	21,983	23,437	22,585	21,430	21,718	670	→
Mulhouse	117,013	112,157	108,357	110,359	111,394	110,370	104,978	2218	→
Nancy	107,902	96,317	99,351	103,605	105,349	105,162	103,671	1501	→
Reims	178,381	177,234	180,620	187,206	183,500	184,076	177,674	4690	→
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	25,423	23,759	22,635	22,569	21,882	20,079	19,251	4615	→
Saint-Dizier	37,266	35,189	33,552	30,900	26,962	25,182	22,858	4769	→
Saint-Louis	18,007	18,682	19,547	19,961	19,995	20,401	22,805	1685	→
Sarreguemines	25,684	24,719	23,117	23,202	21,835	21,236	20,143	2967	→
Schiltigheim	30,144	29,574	29,155	30,841	31,729	31,767	34,708	763	→
Sedan	23,995	23,477	21,667	20,548	19,691	17,248	16,667	1628	→
Sélestat	15,248	15,112	15,538	17,179	19,303	19,252	19,589	4440	→
Strasbourg	253,384	248,712	252,338	264,115	272,123	277,270	293,771	7826	→
Thionville	43,020	40,573	39,712	40,907	40,910	40,665	42,658	4988	→
Troyes	72,165	63,579	59,255	60,958	61,823	60,928	62,088	1320	→
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy	33,909	33,682	34,105	32,048	31,196	29,923	29,942	946	→
Verdun	23,621	21,516	20,753	19,624	19,147	18,139	16,890	3103	→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	739,416
Females	771,497

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	260,142
15-64 years	951,573
65+ years	299,198

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	19,166
80-89 years	63,021
70-79 years	139,008
60-69 years	163,055
50-59 years	189,241
40-49 years	198,005
30-39 years	198,299
20-29 years	182,135
10-19 years	194,471
0-9 years	164,512

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	1,404,053
Foreign Citizenship	69,103

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	1,386,502
Immigrant	86,654