Bretagne / Brittany (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Brittany 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
Côtes-d'Armor		Dept	Saint-Brieuc	6,878	525,556	538,869	538,395	542,373	576,049	598,357	611,859	687800	→
Finistère		Dept	Quimper	6,733	804,088	828,364	838,687	852,418	885,906	907,796	933,455	673300	→
Ille-et-Vilaine		Dept	Rennes	6,775	702,199	749,764	798,718	867,533	955,846	1,042,884	1,120,666	677500	→
Morbihan		Dept	Vannes	6,823	563,588	590,889	619,838	643,873	702,487	744,813	783,390	682300	→
Bretagne [Brittany]	BRE	Reg	Rennes	27,208	2,595,431	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,120,288	3,293,850	3,449,370	2720800	→
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	Rennes	230,890
2	Brest	142,346
3	Quimper	64,385
4	Lorient	58,329
5	Vannes	55,790

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Brittany 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
Brest	166,826	156,060	147,956	149,634	142,722	139,163	142,346	4951	→
Bruz	7,281	7,856	8,114	13,207	15,031	17,978	19,683	2995	→
Concarneau	18,759	17,984	18,630	19,453	20,280	19,182	20,845	4108	→
Fougères	26,610	24,362	22,239	21,779	20,678	20,235	20,307	1046	→
Lanester	21,074	21,643	22,102	21,897	22,598	22,095	23,263	1837	→
Lannion	16,867	16,641	16,958	18,368	19,773	19,827	20,315	4391	→
Lorient	69,769	62,554	59,271	59,189	58,135	57,567	58,329	1748	→
Morlaix	19,237	18,348	16,701	15,990	15,605	14,830	15,194	2482	→
Quimper	55,977	56,907	59,437	63,238	63,961	63,508	64,385	8445	→
Rennes	198,305	194,656	197,536	206,229	207,922	215,366	230,890	5039	→
Saint-Brieuc	52,559	48,563	44,752	46,087	46,178	45,105	44,364	2188	→
Saint-Malo	45,030	46,347	48,057	50,675	48,563	45,719	47,439	3658	→
Vannes	40,359	42,178	45,644	51,759	52,984	53,200	55,790	3230	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	150,111
Females	153,134

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	51,405
15-64 years	178,810
65+ years	73,030

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	5,244
80-89 years	16,043
70-79 years	32,632
60-69 years	38,748
50-59 years	40,495
40-49 years	35,688
30-39 years	32,255
20-29 years	31,019
10-19 years	39,391
0-9 years	31,730

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	294,841
Foreign Citizenship	10,596

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	292,850
Immigrant	12,587