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The regions of France and all cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants; the overseas departments are not included.
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 Cities
| Name | Adm. | C E 2010-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | ILE | 2,243,833 |
| 2 | Marseille | PRO | 850,726 |
| 3 | Lyon | RHO | 484,344 |
| 4 | Toulouse | MID | 441,802 |
| 5 | Nice | PRO | 343,304 |
| 6 | Nantes | PAY | 284,970 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | ALS | 271,782 |
| 8 | Montpellier | LAN | 257,351 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | AQU | 239,157 |
| 10 | Lille | NOR | 227,560 |
| 11 | Rennes | BRE | 207,178 |
Cities
| Name | Adm. | C C 1982-03-04 | C C 1990-03-05 | C C 1999-03-08 | C E 2006-01-01 | C E 2010-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Aix-en-Provence | PRO | 121,327 | 123,842 | 134,222 | 142,534 | 141,438 |
| i | Amiens | PIC | 131,332 | 131,872 | 135,501 | 136,105 | 133,448 |
| i | Angers | PAY | 136,038 | 141,404 | 151,279 | 152,337 | 147,571 |
| i | Argenteuil | ILE | 95,347 | 93,096 | 93,961 | 102,683 | 103,125 |
| i | Besançon {Besancon} | FRA | 113,283 | 113,828 | 117,733 | 117,080 | 116,914 |
| i | Bordeaux | AQU | 208,159 | 210,336 | 215,363 | 232,260 | 239,157 |
| i | Boulogne-Billancourt | ILE | 102,582 | 101,743 | 106,367 | 110,251 | 114,205 |
| i | Brest | BRE | 156,060 | 147,956 | 149,634 | 144,548 | 141,303 |
| i | Caen | BAS | 114,068 | 112,846 | 113,987 | 110,399 | 108,954 |
| i | Clermont-Ferrand | AUV | 147,224 | 136,181 | 137,140 | 138,992 | 139,860 |
| i | Dijon | BOU | 140,942 | 146,703 | 149,867 | 151,504 | 151,212 |
| i | Grenoble | RHO | 156,637 | 150,758 | 153,317 | 156,107 | 155,637 |
| i | Le Havre | HAU | 199,388 | 195,854 | 190,905 | 182,580 | 175,497 |
| i | Le Mans | PAY | 147,697 | 145,502 | 146,105 | 144,016 | 142,626 |
| i | Lille | NOR | 196,705 | 198,691 | 212,597 | 226,014 | 227,560 |
| i | Limoges | LIM | 140,400 | 133,464 | 133,968 | 136,539 | 139,150 |
| i | Lyon | RHO | 413,095 | 415,487 | 445,452 | 472,305 | 484,344 |
| i | Marseille | PRO | 874,436 | 800,550 | 798,430 | 839,043 | 850,726 |
| i | Metz | LOR | 114,232 | 119,594 | 123,776 | 124,435 | 120,738 |
| i | Montpellier | LAN | 197,231 | 207,996 | 225,392 | 251,634 | 257,351 |
| i | Montreuil | ILE | 93,368 | 94,754 | 90,674 | 101,587 | 102,770 |
| i | Mulhouse | ALS | 112,157 | 108,357 | 110,359 | 110,514 | 109,588 |
| i | Nancy | LOR | 96,317 | 99,351 | 103,605 | 105,468 | 105,421 |
| i | Nantes | PAY | 240,539 | 244,995 | 270,251 | 282,853 | 284,970 |
| i | Nice | PRO | 337,085 | 342,439 | 342,738 | 347,060 | 343,304 |
| i | Nîmes {Nimes} | LAN | 124,220 | 128,471 | 133,424 | 144,092 | 142,205 |
| i | Orléans {Orleans} | CEN | 102,710 | 105,111 | 113,126 | 113,130 | 114,167 |
| i | Paris | ILE | 2,176,243 | 2,152,423 | 2,125,246 | 2,181,371 | 2,243,833 |
| i | Perpignan | LAN | 111,669 | 105,983 | 105,115 | 115,326 | 117,419 |
| i | Reims | CHA | 177,234 | 180,620 | 187,206 | 183,837 | 179,992 |
| i | Rennes | BRE | 194,656 | 197,536 | 206,229 | 209,613 | 207,178 |
| i | Rouen | HAU | 101,945 | 102,723 | 106,592 | 107,904 | 110,933 |
| i | Saint-Denis | ILE | 90,829 | 89,988 | 85,832 | 97,875 | 106,785 |
| i | Saint-Étienne {Saint-Etienne} | RHO | 204,955 | 199,396 | 180,210 | 177,480 | 171,260 |
| i | Strasbourg | ALS | 248,712 | 252,338 | 264,115 | 272,975 | 271,782 |
| i | Toulon | PRO | 179,423 | 167,619 | 160,639 | 167,816 | 164,532 |
| i | Toulouse | MID | 347,995 | 358,688 | 390,350 | 437,715 | 441,802 |
| i | Tours | CEN | 132,209 | 129,509 | 132,820 | 136,942 | 134,817 |
| i | Villeurbanne | RHO | 115,960 | 116,872 | 124,215 | 136,473 | 145,150 |
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Since 2006, France computes the population from the census results of different years.
