Centre - Val de Loire (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Centre - Val de Loire 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
Cher		Dept	Bourges	7,235	316,350	320,174	321,559	314,428	314,599	308,992	298,660	723500	→
Eure-et-Loir		Dept	Chartres	5,880	335,151	362,813	396,073	407,665	422,411	434,035	433,129	588000	→
Indre		Dept	Châteauroux	6,791	248,523	243,191	237,510	231,139	232,799	224,200	216,069	679100	→
Indre-et-Loire		Dept	Tours	6,127	478,597	506,097	529,345	554,003	583,086	604,966	619,362	612700	→
Loiret		Dept	Orléans	6,775	490,189	535,669	580,612	618,126	647,733	673,349	691,268	677500	→
Loir-et-Cher		Dept	Blois	6,343	283,690	296,220	305,937	314,968	326,291	333,050	328,543	634300	→
Centre - Val de Loire	CVL	Reg	Orléans	39,151	2,152,500	2,264,164	2,371,036	2,440,329	2,526,919	2,578,592	2,587,031	3915100	→
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	Tours	139,259
2	Orléans	116,357
3	Bourges	64,186
4	Blois	47,219
5	Châteauroux	42,963
6	Joué-lès-Tours	38,423
7	Chartres	38,324
8	Dreux	31,543

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Centre - Val de Loire 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
Blois	49,778	47,243	49,318	49,171	47,854	45,710	47,219	3746	→
Bourges	77,300	76,432	75,609	72,480	71,155	66,071	64,186	6874	→
Chartres	38,928	37,119	39,595	40,361	39,767	38,875	38,324	1685	→
Châteauroux	53,429	51,942	50,969	49,632	47,127	43,732	42,963	2554	→
Dreux	33,102	33,379	35,230	31,849	32,155	30,836	31,543	2427	→
Fleury-les-Aubrais	16,842	19,758	20,673	20,690	21,359	21,089	21,804	1012	→
Joué-lès-Tours	27,450	34,704	36,798	36,517	35,836	37,535	38,423	3241	→
Olivet	11,568	13,629	17,572	19,195	20,143	21,639	23,507	2339	→
Orléans	106,246	102,710	105,111	113,126	113,234	114,644	116,357	2748	→
Saint-Jean-de-Braye	12,120	13,318	16,387	17,758	18,626	20,123	23,147	1370	→
Tours	140,686	132,209	129,509	132,820	136,578	136,252	139,259	3467	→
Vierzon	35,699	34,209	32,235	29,719	27,723	26,919	25,068	7450	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	201,620
Females	216,094

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	55,401
15-64 years	232,129
65+ years	130,184

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	8,299
80-89 years	27,291
70-79 years	60,606
60-69 years	67,469
50-59 years	58,959
40-49 years	46,148
30-39 years	39,855
20-29 years	32,707
10-19 years	42,262
0-9 years	34,118

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	392,982
Foreign Citizenship	23,343

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	387,183
Immigrant	29,142