France: Administrative Division

Contents: Departments and Arrondissements

The population of the departments and arrondissements of France according to census results and latest official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1975-02-20	Population Census 1982-03-04	Population Census 1990-03-05	Population Census 1999-03-08	Population Estimate 2007-01-01	Population Estimate 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2022-01-01
Ain	Department	376,477	418,516	471,019	515,270	574,377	631,877	671,289	→
Belley	Arrondissement	76,884	81,991	90,485	97,548	109,865	120,134	126,468	→
Bourg-en-Bresse	Arrondissement	197,168	222,936	248,242	272,996	303,285	328,474	345,948	→
Gex	Arrondissement	33,281	39,677	50,936	57,902	69,964	90,151	104,770	→
Nantua	Arrondissement	69,144	73,912	81,356	86,824	91,263	93,118	94,103	→
Aisne	Department	533,807	533,927	537,200	535,434	537,750	538,659	525,558	→
Château-Thierry	Arrondissement	52,844	57,170	62,432	64,929	67,573	69,558	69,416	→
Laon	Arrondissement	154,655	154,640	155,222	154,770	158,046	157,719	153,495	→
Saint-Quentin	Arrondissement	141,742	139,269	137,621	134,597	131,321	130,505	126,102	→
Soissons	Arrondissement	98,551	100,494	103,329	104,646	105,983	108,093	107,206	→
Vervins	Arrondissement	86,015	82,354	78,596	76,492	74,827	72,784	69,339	→
Allier	Department	378,406	369,580	357,710	344,721	343,114	341,613	334,715	→
Montluçon	Arrondissement	131,620	125,911	119,755	114,289	112,962	110,365	104,950	→
Moulins	Arrondissement	83,750	83,344	81,539	78,448	77,364	77,761	76,303	→
Vichy	Arrondissement	163,036	160,325	156,416	151,984	152,788	153,487	153,462	→
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Department	112,178	119,068	130,883	139,561	156,067	161,799	167,179	→
Barcelonnette	Arrondissement	6,335	6,692	7,248	7,569	8,013	7,918	7,715	→
Castellane	Arrondissement	8,154	8,760	9,323	9,541	10,945	11,267	11,417	→
Digne-les-Bains	Arrondissement	36,310	37,478	40,786	42,929	47,138	47,302	48,726	→
Forcalquier	Arrondissement	61,379	66,138	73,526	79,522	89,971	95,312	99,321	→
Alpes-Maritimes	Department	816,681	881,198	971,829	1,011,326	1,082,465	1,082,440	1,114,579	→
Grasse	Arrondissement	343,605	405,132	470,488	504,632	556,365	560,764	577,803	→
Nice	Arrondissement	473,076	476,066	501,341	506,694	526,100	521,676	536,776	→
Ardèche	Department	257,065	267,970	277,581	286,023	309,456	324,209	333,229	→
Largentière	Arrondissement	78,851	80,492	82,156	85,213	94,807	101,208	104,301	→
Privas	Arrondissement	67,691	71,791	73,993	76,152	80,791	84,795	86,375	→
Tournon-sur-Rhône	Arrondissement	110,523	115,687	121,432	124,658	133,858	138,206	142,553	→
Ardennes	Department	309,306	302,338	296,357	290,130	284,749	277,752	267,204	→
Charleville-Mézières	Arrondissement	180,435	177,160	175,374	171,608	165,034	159,637	152,746	→
Rethel	Arrondissement	34,744	34,261	34,213	33,951	35,331	37,335	37,306	→
Sedan	Arrondissement	68,240	66,837	63,614	62,096	62,024	58,841	56,363	→
Vouziers	Arrondissement	25,887	24,080	23,156	22,475	22,360	21,939	20,789	→
Ariège	Department	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	152,499	155,339	→
Foix	Arrondissement	39,591	40,504	42,269	43,249	46,414	47,635	48,272	→
Pamiers	Arrondissement	57,054	56,832	57,245	56,651	62,359	64,465	66,000	→
Saint-Girons	Arrondissement	41,212	38,389	36,941	37,305	39,795	40,399	41,067	→
Aube	Department	284,823	289,300	289,207	292,131	300,840	309,056	311,076	→
Bar-sur-Aube	Arrondissement	34,184	33,768	32,486	30,896	30,290	29,041	26,878	→
Nogent-sur-Seine	Arrondissement	47,573	48,156	49,789	50,535	51,691	54,171	53,884	→
Troyes	Arrondissement	203,066	207,376	206,932	210,700	218,859	225,844	230,314	→
Aude	Department	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	366,957	377,773	→
Carcassonne	Arrondissement	122,106	126,988	134,433	139,135	152,319	158,949	163,742	→
Limoux	Arrondissement	43,267	42,202	41,272	40,490	42,503	42,845	42,380	→
Narbonne	Arrondissement	106,993	111,496	123,007	130,145	150,957	165,163	171,651	→
Aveyron	Department	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	279,169	279,736	→
Millau	Arrondissement	80,668	79,978	77,028	75,326	78,733	79,428	79,679	→
Rodez	Arrondissement	97,979	102,830	103,059	102,787	108,048	111,281	112,791	→
Villefranche-de-Rouergue	Arrondissement	99,659	95,846	90,054	85,695	87,644	88,460	87,266	→
Bas-Rhin	Department	882,121	915,676	953,053	1,026,120	1,084,840	1,116,658	1,156,963	→
Haguenau-Wissembourg	Arrondissement	189,390	198,053	203,855	220,769	235,995	240,645	245,084	→
Molsheim	Arrondissement	73,845	78,409	82,992	92,569	99,556	103,448	104,667	→
Saverne	Arrondissement	106,378	110,491	112,806	119,246	126,445	129,047	129,260	→
Sélestat-Erstein	Arrondissement	114,843	119,625	123,128	134,907	148,273	156,219	160,566	→
Strasbourg	Arrondissement	397,665	409,098	430,272	458,629	474,571	487,299	517,386	→
Bouches-du-Rhône	Department	1,632,974	1,724,199	1,759,371	1,835,719	1,958,926	2,016,622	2,069,811	→
Aix-en-Provence	Arrondissement	260,194	307,760	353,494	391,157	425,749	446,755	464,360	→
Arles	Arrondissement	124,095	134,995	145,290	152,110	161,165	172,604	172,826	→
Istres	Arrondissement	206,770	253,132	287,935	305,744	320,612	327,719	336,170	→
Marseille	Arrondissement	1,041,915	1,028,312	972,652	986,708	1,051,400	1,069,544	1,096,455	→
Calvados	Department	560,354	589,025	617,991	647,873	673,144	693,042	704,605	→
Bayeux	Arrondissement	59,610	63,728	66,733	67,642	70,324	73,997	73,936	→
Caen	Arrondissement	291,990	312,128	333,500	355,757	368,524	382,801	399,290	→
Lisieux	Arrondissement	142,091	144,863	150,158	155,523	162,326	163,326	160,208	→
Vire	Arrondissement	66,663	68,306	67,600	68,951	71,970	72,918	71,171	→
Cantal	Department	166,549	162,838	158,723	150,778	149,057	146,219	144,399	→
Aurillac	Arrondissement	82,245	83,281	83,715	82,116	82,758	82,228	82,808	→
Mauriac	Arrondissement	35,035	32,899	31,094	28,649	27,275	26,053	24,990	→
Saint-Flour	Arrondissement	49,269	46,658	43,914	40,013	39,024	37,938	36,601	→
Charente	Department	337,064	340,770	341,993	339,628	349,535	353,613	351,603	→
Angoulême	Arrondissement	160,708	167,301	170,402	171,324	178,486	181,431	181,817	→
Cognac	Arrondissement	99,887	98,531	98,621	97,182	98,731	100,065	98,817	→
Confolens	Arrondissement	76,469	74,938	72,970	71,122	72,318	72,117	70,969	→
Charente-Maritime	Department	497,859	513,220	527,146	557,024	605,410	639,938	668,160	→
Jonzac	Arrondissement	65,525	64,116	62,487	61,974	64,865	67,892	68,842	→
La Rochelle	Arrondissement	151,067	161,406	167,624	186,628	201,857	214,569	231,319	→
Rochefort	Arrondissement	143,710	147,910	153,907	162,088	179,292	189,208	196,439	→
Saintes	Arrondissement	83,890	87,445	92,406	96,456	107,756	115,546	119,130	→
Saint-Jean-d'Angély	Arrondissement	53,667	52,343	50,722	49,878	51,640	52,723	52,430	→
Cher	Department	316,350	320,174	321,559	314,428	314,599	308,992	299,496	→
Bourges	Arrondissement	166,635	172,180	176,602	174,008	175,447	173,559	170,733	→
Saint-Amand-Montrond	Arrondissement	74,145	71,263	69,262	67,367	67,328	64,508	60,997	→
Vierzon	Arrondissement	75,570	76,731	75,695	73,053	71,824	70,925	67,766	→
Corrèze	Department	240,363	241,448	237,908	232,576	242,038	241,871	240,120	→
Brive-la-Gaillarde	Arrondissement	113,526	117,520	118,646	119,659	126,982	129,075	129,574	→
Tulle	Arrondissement	79,687	77,432	74,165	70,485	72,666	71,558	70,310	→
Ussel	Arrondissement	47,150	46,496	45,097	42,432	42,390	41,238	40,236	→
Corse-du-Sud	Department	100,278	108,604	118,808	118,593	139,362	152,730	166,045	→
Ajaccio	Arrondissement	70,741	78,525	86,770	85,203	102,780	112,086	123,120	→
Sartène	Arrondissement	29,537	30,079	32,038	33,390	36,582	40,644	42,925	→
Côte-d'Or	Department	456,070	473,548	493,866	506,755	519,143	533,147	537,577	→
Beaune	Arrondissement	94,428	98,360	101,901	105,039	108,842	111,409	109,350	→
Dijon	Arrondissement	291,569	305,694	324,934	337,540	348,048	361,308	370,369	→
Montbard	Arrondissement	70,073	69,494	67,031	64,176	62,253	60,430	57,858	→
Côtes-d'Armor	Department	525,556	538,869	538,395	542,373	576,049	598,357	609,598	→
Dinan	Arrondissement	83,052	86,207	86,822	85,994	94,261	102,000	106,772	→
Guingamp	Arrondissement	125,797	125,060	121,132	119,864	124,289	125,719	126,343	→
Lannion	Arrondissement	88,338	91,295	91,357	93,105	99,047	100,135	100,877	→
Saint-Brieuc	Arrondissement	228,369	236,307	239,084	243,410	258,452	270,503	275,606	→
Creuse	Department	146,214	139,968	131,349	124,470	123,861	120,365	115,529	→
Aubusson	Arrondissement	60,045	55,728	51,523	47,886	46,953	45,025	42,999	→
Guéret	Arrondissement	86,169	84,240	79,826	76,584	76,908	75,340	72,530	→
Deux-Sèvres	Department	335,829	342,812	345,965	344,392	362,944	374,435	375,415	→
Bressuire	Arrondissement	102,840	105,305	106,118	103,865	106,363	109,486	109,509	→
Niort	Arrondissement	166,197	171,368	175,950	177,937	191,656	198,707	200,497	→
Parthenay	Arrondissement	66,792	66,139	63,897	62,590	64,925	66,242	65,409	→
Dordogne	Department	373,179	377,356	386,365	388,293	406,793	415,417	416,325	→
Bergerac	Arrondissement	88,690	90,149	94,815	95,483	100,322	103,039	103,299	→
Nontron	Arrondissement	62,615	59,743	57,896	55,621	56,542	55,029	54,460	→
Périgueux	Arrondissement	148,248	152,443	157,429	159,940	168,612	175,130	177,003	→
Sarlat-la-Canéda	Arrondissement	73,626	75,021	76,225	77,249	81,317	82,219	81,563	→
Doubs	Department	471,082	477,163	484,770	499,062	520,133	536,959	548,662	→
Besançon	Arrondissement	199,079	204,675	216,271	229,468	241,867	248,734	254,489	→
Montbéliard	Arrondissement	192,756	191,130	181,696	177,604	176,982	176,855	175,105	→
Pontarlier	Arrondissement	79,247	81,358	86,803	91,990	101,284	111,370	119,068	→
Drôme	Department	361,847	389,781	414,072	437,778	473,428	504,637	521,432	→
Die	Arrondissement	46,579	50,726	54,179	57,326	62,022	65,630	68,965	→
Nyons	Arrondissement	95,265	107,869	116,229	123,959	136,999	147,635	153,056	→
Valence	Arrondissement	220,003	231,186	243,664	256,493	274,407	291,372	299,411	→
Essonne	Department	923,063	988,000	1,084,824	1,134,238	1,201,994	1,276,233	1,324,546	→
Étampes	Arrondissement	79,766	90,519	106,534	115,076	122,687	130,189	133,605	→
Évry	Arrondissement	379,606	411,301	456,033	471,435	501,283	529,968	546,675	→
Palaiseau	Arrondissement	463,691	486,180	522,257	547,727	578,024	616,076	644,266	→
Eure	Department	422,952	462,254	513,818	541,054	572,105	601,948	601,305	→
Bernay	Arrondissement	166,529	179,041	187,169	194,021	208,313	226,511	225,544	→
Évreux	Arrondissement	97,739	106,062	122,831	129,411	136,046	140,103	139,868	→
Les Andelys	Arrondissement	158,684	177,151	203,818	217,622	227,746	235,334	235,893	→
Eure-et-Loir	Department	335,151	362,813	396,073	407,665	422,411	434,035	432,950	→
Chartres	Arrondissement	149,585	165,226	184,687	194,340	200,131	209,215	209,975	→
Châteaudun	Arrondissement	57,237	57,474	56,696	56,886	58,451	59,277	57,450	→
Dreux	Arrondissement	91,961	104,300	118,887	120,298	126,446	129,269	130,609	→
Nogent-le-Rotrou	Arrondissement	36,368	35,813	35,803	36,141	37,383	36,274	34,916	→
Finistère	Department	804,088	828,364	838,687	852,418	885,906	907,796	927,912	→
Brest	Arrondissement	318,196	332,374	341,770	353,251	362,073	373,028	383,790	→
Châteaulin	Arrondissement	84,738	84,030	80,670	78,800	82,166	82,932	81,520	→
Morlaix	Arrondissement	121,440	124,738	123,153	121,621	127,205	128,816	130,880	→
Quimper	Arrondissement	279,714	287,222	293,094	298,746	314,462	323,020	331,722	→
Gard	Department	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	738,189	764,010	→
Alès	Arrondissement	131,517	132,354	133,591	131,051	140,623	147,436	154,805	→
Le Vigan	Arrondissement	29,694	30,296	31,722	33,341	36,907	39,183	39,677	→
Nîmes	Arrondissement	333,364	367,828	419,736	458,733	512,317	551,570	569,528	→
Gers	Department	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,932	192,649	→
Auch	Arrondissement	66,043	67,105	68,881	69,045	75,574	81,216	84,144	→
Condom	Arrondissement	67,591	65,397	64,664	62,762	65,596	67,358	67,301	→
Mirande	Arrondissement	41,732	41,652	41,042	40,528	42,445	42,358	41,204	→
Gironde	Department	1,061,480	1,127,546	1,213,499	1,287,334	1,409,345	1,548,478	1,674,980	→
Arcachon	Arrondissement	71,656	80,534	93,063	110,269	129,731	148,866	165,013	→
Blaye	Arrondissement	55,568	65,069	67,811	71,045	78,757	89,110	95,753	→
Bordeaux	Arrondissement	659,816	693,530	751,620	797,455	859,027	937,218	1,027,237	→
Langon	Arrondissement	101,978	103,365	105,858	107,937	120,435	131,742	134,929	→
Lesparre-Médoc	Arrondissement	56,481	61,955	66,676	68,985	78,007	87,991	95,101	→
Libourne	Arrondissement	115,981	123,093	128,471	131,643	143,388	153,551	156,947	→
Haute-Corse	Department	125,284	131,574	131,563	141,603	159,847	174,553	185,231	→
Bastia	Arrondissement	61,125	66,058	64,842	68,815	79,469	86,907	92,842	→
Calvi	Arrondissement	18,702	20,157	21,556	23,877	26,956	29,268	31,403	→
Corte	Arrondissement	45,457	45,359	45,165	48,911	53,422	58,378	60,986	→
Haute-Garonne	Department	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,335,103	1,456,261	→
Muret	Arrondissement	95,920	114,051	134,120	154,989	191,192	218,871	235,273	→
Saint-Gaudens	Arrondissement	77,319	75,544	74,162	71,959	76,200	77,468	77,429	→
Toulouse	Arrondissement	604,192	634,906	717,680	819,390	935,528	1,038,764	1,143,559	→
Haute-Loire	Department	205,491	205,895	206,568	209,113	220,437	227,034	228,161	→
Brioude	Arrondissement	51,444	49,583	46,898	45,196	46,199	45,788	44,778	→
Le Puy-en-Velay	Arrondissement	93,215	93,527	92,776	92,153	94,294	96,277	97,088	→
Yssingeaux	Arrondissement	60,832	62,785	66,894	71,764	79,944	84,969	86,295	→
Haute-Marne	Department	212,304	210,670	204,067	194,873	187,407	179,154	169,865	→
Chaumont	Arrondissement	72,324	73,314	71,584	69,223	67,672	64,367	61,317	→
Langres	Arrondissement	52,349	50,736	48,793	46,842	46,083	44,107	42,581	→
Saint-Dizier	Arrondissement	87,631	86,620	83,690	78,808	73,652	70,680	65,967	→
Hautes-Alpes	Department	97,358	105,070	113,300	121,419	132,482	140,916	141,677	→
Briançon	Arrondissement	25,327	28,440	31,042	32,124	34,281	35,673	33,484	→
Gap	Arrondissement	72,031	76,630	82,258	89,295	98,201	105,243	108,193	→
Haute-Saône	Department	222,254	231,962	229,650	229,732	237,197	237,706	233,920	→
Lure	Arrondissement	106,121	111,561	109,069	107,963	110,212	109,495	106,255	→
Vesoul	Arrondissement	116,133	120,401	120,581	121,769	126,985	128,211	127,665	→
Haute-Savoie	Department	447,795	494,505	568,286	631,679	706,708	793,938	849,583	→
Annecy	Arrondissement	161,376	179,991	204,069	227,812	250,840	277,488	294,784	→
Bonneville	Arrondissement	115,662	126,880	144,295	162,323	176,965	187,910	195,821	→
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	Arrondissement	92,366	101,756	117,581	129,660	150,463	183,288	199,838	→
Thonon-les-Bains	Arrondissement	78,391	85,878	102,341	111,884	128,440	145,252	159,140	→
Hautes-Pyrénées	Department	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	228,582	231,453	→
Argelès-Gazost	Arrondissement	40,804	40,450	39,451	38,633	39,774	38,359	37,449	→
Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Arrondissement	52,186	50,218	48,912	47,662	48,670	49,130	48,361	→
Tarbes	Arrondissement	134,232	137,254	136,396	136,073	140,150	141,093	145,643	→
Haute-Vienne	Department	352,149	355,737	353,593	353,893	371,102	375,795	372,438	→
Bellac	Arrondissement	48,078	44,907	42,687	40,120	40,711	39,532	37,864	→
Limoges	Arrondissement	266,398	274,081	274,643	278,439	292,998	298,385	296,849	→
Rochechouart	Arrondissement	37,673	36,749	36,263	35,334	37,393	37,878	37,725	→
Haut-Rhin	Department	635,209	650,372	671,319	708,025	742,408	762,607	767,800	→
Altkirch	Arrondissement	51,606	54,310	57,112	61,841	67,515	69,648	69,934	→
Colmar-Ribeauvillé	Arrondissement	176,129	178,769	184,694	196,584	206,218	211,732	211,108	→
Mulhouse	Arrondissement	298,344	306,339	314,461	327,493	339,842	350,632	357,005	→
Thann-Guebwiller	Arrondissement	109,130	110,954	115,052	122,107	128,833	130,595	129,753	→
Hauts-de-Seine	Department	1,438,930	1,387,039	1,391,658	1,428,881	1,544,411	1,601,569	1,647,435	→
Antony	Arrondissement	368,419	349,405	347,197	354,957	379,745	395,761	408,084	→
Boulogne-Billancourt	Arrondissement	280,052	271,051	272,160	281,525	299,522	316,653	318,738	→
Nanterre	Arrondissement	790,459	766,583	772,301	792,399	865,144	889,155	920,613	→
Hérault	Department	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,120,190	1,217,331	→
Béziers	Arrondissement	226,964	227,313	238,806	250,496	279,128	307,048	325,400	→
Lodève	Arrondissement	61,174	71,422	86,975	101,171	119,922	137,223	147,749	→
Montpellier	Arrondissement	360,064	407,764	468,822	544,774	612,157	675,919	744,182	→
Ille-et-Vilaine	Department	702,199	749,764	798,718	867,533	955,846	1,042,884	1,109,232	→
Fougères-Vitré	Arrondissement	144,651	147,679	150,161	155,276	171,843	183,508	188,154	→
Redon	Arrondissement	66,592	69,373	72,722	77,548	92,092	101,710	105,773	→
Rennes	Arrondissement	362,844	399,850	436,550	488,785	535,117	593,140	641,930	→
Saint-Malo	Arrondissement	128,112	132,862	139,285	145,924	156,794	164,526	173,375	→
Indre	Department	248,523	243,191	237,510	231,139	232,799	224,200	216,809	→
Châteauroux	Arrondissement	137,511	138,379	137,035	133,911	134,061	128,965	126,129	→
Issoudun	Arrondissement	37,901	36,151	35,082	34,852	36,090	34,573	32,618	→
La Châtre	Arrondissement	33,883	32,204	30,454	29,145	29,295	28,634	27,607	→
Le Blanc	Arrondissement	39,228	36,457	34,939	33,231	33,353	32,028	30,455	→
Indre-et-Loire	Department	478,597	506,093	529,345	554,003	583,086	604,966	616,326	→
Chinon	Arrondissement	86,067	89,753	91,378	94,151	99,982	103,828	104,144	→
Loches	Arrondissement	98,553	101,054	104,465	107,177	113,702	118,880	117,350	→
Tours	Arrondissement	293,977	315,286	333,502	352,675	369,402	382,258	394,832	→
Isère	Department	860,339	936,771	1,016,228	1,094,006	1,178,714	1,251,060	1,291,380	→
Grenoble	Arrondissement	578,331	606,623	639,479	680,259	713,824	740,543	750,664	→
La Tour-du-Pin	Arrondissement	149,045	180,700	211,889	235,469	268,028	299,785	317,894	→
Vienne	Arrondissement	132,963	149,448	164,860	178,278	196,862	210,732	222,822	→
Jura	Department	238,856	242,925	248,759	250,857	258,897	260,587	258,405	→
Dole	Arrondissement	97,367	98,594	100,833	100,793	104,767	106,051	106,061	→
Lons-le-Saunier	Arrondissement	96,624	98,280	98,222	99,229	102,623	104,567	104,261	→
Saint-Claude	Arrondissement	44,865	46,051	49,704	50,835	51,507	49,969	48,083	→
Landes	Department	288,323	297,424	311,461	327,334	367,492	403,234	428,427	→
Dax	Arrondissement	144,062	151,204	161,231	174,367	199,728	222,832	240,041	→
Mont-de-Marsan	Arrondissement	144,261	146,220	150,230	152,967	167,764	180,402	188,386	→
Loire	Department	742,396	739,521	746,288	728,524	740,668	759,411	772,041	→
Montbrison	Arrondissement	120,035	130,063	141,740	151,136	166,287	180,132	186,822	→
Roanne	Arrondissement	161,171	160,488	156,219	152,659	153,622	157,071	158,210	→
Saint-Étienne	Arrondissement	461,190	448,970	448,329	424,729	420,759	422,208	427,009	→
Loire-Atlantique	Department	934,882	995,822	1,052,466	1,134,551	1,246,967	1,366,358	1,473,156	→
Châteaubriant-Ancenis	Arrondissement	145,094	158,369	164,912	171,475	197,354	220,867	233,942	→
Nantes	Arrondissement	560,492	591,825	633,232	695,280	748,493	819,808	888,845	→
Saint-Nazaire	Arrondissement	229,296	245,628	254,322	267,796	301,120	325,683	350,369	→
Loiret	Department	490,189	535,669	580,612	618,126	647,733	673,349	687,063	→
Montargis	Arrondissement	135,271	145,471	153,412	158,793	167,880	171,421	168,964	→
Orléans	Arrondissement	307,534	340,515	373,664	402,434	419,882	438,555	455,459	→
Pithiviers	Arrondissement	47,384	49,683	53,536	56,899	59,971	63,373	62,640	→
Loir-et-Cher	Department	283,690	296,224	305,937	314,968	326,291	333,050	328,953	→
Blois	Arrondissement	119,533	127,367	135,827	140,760	146,780	150,766	151,597	→
Romorantin-Lanthenay	Arrondissement	98,663	102,429	103,476	106,071	109,651	112,252	110,180	→
Vendôme	Arrondissement	65,494	66,428	66,634	68,137	69,860	70,032	67,176	→
Lot	Department	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,400	175,620	→
Cahors	Arrondissement	58,403	61,003	63,394	66,077	70,482	71,865	73,782	→
Figeac	Arrondissement	51,224	51,937	50,856	50,379	53,653	54,468	54,968	→
Gourdon	Arrondissement	41,151	41,593	41,566	43,741	47,038	47,067	46,870	→
Lot-et-Garonne	Department	292,616	298,522	305,989	305,380	324,170	333,417	332,226	→
Agen	Arrondissement	91,422	95,775	102,162	105,380	116,096	120,656	119,835	→
Marmande	Arrondissement	76,065	76,790	77,806	76,169	79,634	83,698	84,160	→
Nérac	Arrondissement	39,022	37,787	37,447	36,981	38,183	39,142	38,501	→
Villeneuve-sur-Lot	Arrondissement	86,107	88,170	88,574	86,850	90,257	89,921	89,730	→
Lozère	Department	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,309	76,503	→
Florac	Arrondissement	11,925	11,587	11,801	12,524	13,113	13,303	13,093	→
Mende	Arrondissement	62,900	62,707	61,024	60,985	63,767	63,006	63,410	→
Maine-et-Loire	Department	629,466	674,997	705,599	732,657	770,608	809,055	828,151	→
Angers	Arrondissement	275,498	300,095	323,749	348,324	363,016	379,285	397,311	→
Cholet	Arrondissement	179,237	193,731	199,339	199,813	212,076	223,878	227,085	→
Saumur	Arrondissement	119,618	123,853	125,314	126,665	131,312	135,760	132,760	→
Segré	Arrondissement	55,113	57,318	57,197	57,855	64,204	70,132	70,995	→
Manche	Department	452,275	466,482	480,123	481,983	495,676	499,824	496,815	→
Avranches	Arrondissement	130,041	130,209	126,341	127,009	132,646	134,905	135,095	→
Cherbourg	Arrondissement	164,087	175,450	192,320	191,689	192,509	190,364	187,300	→
Coutances	Arrondissement	63,379	63,008	63,957	65,900	70,150	71,055	70,570	→
Saint-Lô	Arrondissement	94,768	97,815	97,505	97,385	100,371	103,500	103,850	→
Marne	Department	530,454	543,670	558,276	565,284	566,561	572,293	564,107	→
Châlons-en-Champagne	Arrondissement	106,270	108,606	109,377	108,174	108,555	110,297	107,104	→
Épernay	Arrondissement	120,792	119,747	120,689	119,974	120,854	120,815	115,976	→
Reims	Arrondissement	252,806	264,704	278,439	288,789	289,662	294,724	297,492	→
Vitry-le-François	Arrondissement	50,586	50,613	49,771	48,347	47,490	46,457	43,535	→
Mayenne	Department	261,789	271,784	278,037	285,338	300,643	307,940	305,437	→
Château-Gontier	Arrondissement	61,918	62,958	64,108	65,907	70,761	73,608	73,078	→
Laval	Arrondissement	85,979	92,715	98,079	102,679	109,108	112,762	114,872	→
Mayenne	Arrondissement	113,892	116,111	115,850	116,752	120,774	121,570	117,487	→
Meurthe-et-Moselle	Department	722,693	716,964	711,943	713,779	726,592	734,403	732,898	→
Briey	Arrondissement	189,040	170,554	156,099	153,463	157,767	161,295	164,773	→
Lunéville	Arrondissement	76,828	76,913	75,774	74,922	76,993	77,335	74,592	→
Nancy	Arrondissement	403,585	413,126	420,946	424,449	426,951	429,261	428,111	→
Toul	Arrondissement	53,240	56,371	59,124	60,945	64,881	66,512	65,422	→
Meuse	Department	203,799	199,983	196,223	192,198	193,962	190,626	180,745	→
Bar-le-Duc	Arrondissement	67,446	68,261	66,880	64,400	62,406	60,570	56,947	→
Commercy	Arrondissement	45,082	44,155	44,357	43,845	45,054	43,933	41,926	→
Verdun	Arrondissement	91,271	87,567	84,986	83,953	86,502	86,123	81,872	→
Morbihan	Department	563,588	590,889	619,838	643,873	702,487	744,813	776,103	→
Lorient	Arrondissement	244,595	256,553	272,011	278,000	296,804	311,008	323,308	→
Pontivy	Arrondissement	145,359	144,201	141,397	140,436	148,851	155,258	157,097	→
Vannes	Arrondissement	173,634	190,135	206,430	225,437	256,832	278,547	295,698	→
Moselle	Department	1,006,373	1,007,189	1,011,302	1,023,447	1,039,023	1,044,486	1,050,721	→
Forbach-Boulay-Moselle	Arrondissement	245,265	253,802	255,729	250,664	248,309	244,285	235,849	→
Metz	Arrondissement	303,899	312,365	322,139	335,639	342,295	342,434	354,054	→
Sarrebourg-Château-Salins	Arrondissement	90,304	89,438	89,132	90,578	93,323	93,011	90,341	→
Sarreguemines	Arrondissement	95,728	97,704	97,442	99,980	100,450	99,647	95,691	→
Thionville	Arrondissement	271,177	253,880	246,860	246,586	254,646	265,109	274,786	→
Nièvre	Department	245,212	239,635	233,278	225,198	221,488	211,747	202,299	→
Château-Chinon (Ville)	Arrondissement	39,631	36,796	33,862	31,502	30,700	28,610	27,068	→
Clamecy	Arrondissement	28,140	25,959	24,466	23,442	23,212	21,597	20,111	→
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire	Arrondissement	48,067	47,966	46,499	45,026	45,511	44,367	42,531	→
Nevers	Arrondissement	129,374	128,914	128,451	125,228	122,065	117,173	112,589	→
Nord	Department	2,511,478	2,520,526	2,531,855	2,555,020	2,564,950	2,605,238	2,616,909	→
Avesnes-sur-Helpe	Arrondissement	251,746	250,632	245,460	238,466	234,653	231,565	224,325	→
Cambrai	Arrondissement	173,406	167,699	162,162	158,845	158,831	162,914	158,302	→
Douai	Arrondissement	248,297	244,092	247,015	246,987	247,580	245,619	245,007	→
Dunkerque [Dunkirk]	Arrondissement	351,281	371,670	375,073	379,702	375,625	378,645	371,940	→
Lille	Arrondissement	1,113,999	1,126,088	1,152,883	1,182,026	1,200,059	1,234,659	1,267,099	→
Valenciennes	Arrondissement	372,749	360,345	349,262	348,994	348,202	351,836	350,236	→
Oise	Department	606,320	661,781	725,603	766,441	796,624	821,552	830,725	→
Beauvais	Arrondissement	163,478	177,393	195,844	209,540	218,353	227,650	230,351	→
Clermont	Arrondissement	91,833	99,275	112,295	120,328	126,281	130,675	130,837	→
Compiègne	Arrondissement	141,352	152,883	166,072	173,943	179,781	181,827	182,372	→
Senlis	Arrondissement	209,657	232,230	251,392	262,630	272,209	281,400	287,165	→
Orne	Department	293,523	295,472	293,204	292,337	292,609	286,618	276,144	→
Alençon	Arrondissement	87,278	87,636	86,952	87,401	88,301	87,217	84,817	→
Argentan	Arrondissement	115,229	116,621	115,761	113,965	112,609	110,605	107,283	→
Mortagne-au-Perche	Arrondissement	91,016	91,215	90,491	90,971	91,699	88,796	84,044	→
Paris	Department	2,299,830	2,176,243	2,152,423	2,125,246	2,193,030	2,206,488	2,113,705	→
Paris	City	2,299,830	2,176,243	2,152,423	2,125,246	2,193,030	2,206,488	2,113,705	→
Pas-de-Calais	Department	1,402,295	1,412,413	1,433,203	1,441,568	1,456,726	1,472,648	1,460,184	→
Arras	Arrondissement	225,805	229,194	233,891	236,272	243,145	248,582	249,836	→
Béthune	Arrondissement	288,630	285,837	291,343	288,002	291,021	293,808	292,660	→
Boulogne-sur-Mer	Arrondissement	157,576	158,058	158,568	163,033	162,314	160,780	157,976	→
Calais	Arrondissement	133,804	140,290	145,988	151,185	153,553	159,333	152,282	→
Lens	Arrondissement	389,250	383,187	380,624	375,512	370,596	368,253	368,724	→
Montreuil	Arrondissement	100,390	103,420	105,751	106,789	112,647	112,519	110,251	→
Saint-Omer	Arrondissement	106,840	112,427	117,038	120,775	123,450	129,373	128,455	→
Puy-de-Dôme	Department	580,033	594,365	598,213	604,266	626,639	647,501	664,385	→
Ambert	Arrondissement	34,072	31,928	29,975	29,009	28,439	27,618	27,596	→
Clermont-Ferrand	Arrondissement	300,175	312,720	319,179	329,451	341,260	351,267	363,807	→
Issoire	Arrondissement	75,554	74,140	71,662	70,604	74,493	77,474	78,817	→
Riom	Arrondissement	114,434	119,125	121,465	120,739	127,214	134,697	137,711	→
Thiers	Arrondissement	55,798	56,452	55,932	54,463	55,233	56,445	56,454	→
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Department	534,748	555,696	578,516	600,018	643,090	670,032	699,473	→
Bayonne	Arrondissement	211,475	221,000	235,212	248,770	268,671	290,228	313,188	→
Oloron-Sainte-Marie	Arrondissement	76,811	74,752	73,339	71,411	72,371	72,717	71,846	→
Pau	Arrondissement	246,462	259,944	269,965	279,837	302,048	307,087	314,439	→
Pyrénées-Orientales	Department	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	471,038	492,964	→
Céret	Arrondissement	78,316	85,949	97,854	108,724	119,758	128,191	136,277	→
Perpignan	Arrondissement	172,638	199,331	215,847	231,906	260,037	283,118	295,776	→
Prades	Arrondissement	48,552	49,277	50,095	52,173	57,362	59,729	60,911	→
Rhône	Department	1,429,647	1,445,208	1,508,966	1,578,869	1,677,073	1,821,995	1,907,982	→
Lyon	Arrondissement	1,257,651	1,263,026	1,314,071	1,368,700	1,448,211	1,573,286	1,648,903	→
Villefranche-sur-Saône	Arrondissement	171,996	182,182	194,895	210,169	228,862	248,709	259,079	→
Saône-et-Loire	Department	569,810	571,852	559,413	544,893	551,842	555,408	549,136	→
Autun	Arrondissement	164,392	163,750	154,311	143,821	137,533	132,118	125,580	→
Chalon-sur-Saône	Arrondissement	137,024	141,532	145,338	147,771	152,517	156,191	155,349	→
Charolles	Arrondissement	106,037	102,820	97,073	91,244	89,809	87,913	84,782	→
Louhans	Arrondissement	60,082	59,464	58,287	57,902	63,155	67,014	67,587	→
Mâcon	Arrondissement	102,275	104,286	104,404	104,155	108,828	112,172	115,838	→
Sarthe	Department	490,385	504,768	513,654	529,851	556,946	568,445	566,129	→
La Flèche	Arrondissement	122,124	127,980	131,148	136,933	148,541	152,584	148,675	→
Le Mans	Arrondissement	236,919	242,724	246,640	252,976	258,197	262,935	268,018	→
Mamers	Arrondissement	131,342	134,064	135,866	139,942	150,208	152,926	149,436	→
Savoie	Department	305,118	323,675	348,261	373,258	405,535	428,204	445,288	→
Albertville	Arrondissement	86,239	89,889	97,279	101,394	109,079	111,869	112,282	→
Chambéry	Arrondissement	176,466	191,463	209,789	230,257	252,059	273,095	290,377	→
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	Arrondissement	42,413	42,323	41,193	41,607	44,397	43,240	42,629	→
Seine-et-Marne	Department	755,762	887,112	1,078,166	1,193,767	1,289,524	1,390,121	1,452,399	→
Fontainebleau	Arrondissement	119,684	127,248	141,908	153,216	157,215	156,652	156,658	→
Meaux	Arrondissement	181,758	207,310	248,596	277,337	299,185	327,201	346,066	→
Melun	Arrondissement	139,937	171,711	221,000	238,244	256,019	276,994	294,174	→
Provins	Arrondissement	124,978	133,247	148,892	161,340	170,436	180,873	186,614	→
Torcy	Arrondissement	189,405	247,596	317,770	363,630	406,669	448,401	468,887	→
Seine-Maritime	Department	1,172,743	1,193,108	1,223,429	1,239,138	1,244,611	1,257,699	1,260,205	→
Dieppe	Arrondissement	216,624	222,447	227,057	229,629	235,537	238,198	232,105	→
Le Havre	Arrondissement	389,690	391,144	398,564	397,957	390,364	389,248	384,798	→
Rouen	Arrondissement	566,429	579,517	597,808	611,552	618,710	630,253	643,302	→
Seine-Saint-Denis	Department	1,322,127	1,324,301	1,381,197	1,382,861	1,502,340	1,592,663	1,681,725	→
Bobigny	Arrondissement	364,009	352,177	361,355	361,703	394,969	412,972	441,048	→
Le Raincy	Arrondissement	588,609	610,159	659,762	673,908	717,208	750,425	786,876	→
Saint-Denis	Arrondissement	369,509	361,965	360,080	347,250	390,163	429,266	453,801	→
Somme	Department	538,462	544,570	547,825	555,551	565,910	571,879	565,540	→
Abbeville	Arrondissement	128,466	126,226	124,783	124,722	128,053	126,394	121,655	→
Amiens	Arrondissement	275,934	283,248	288,670	295,109	298,702	302,736	305,111	→
Montdidier	Arrondissement	38,933	40,364	41,697	43,574	45,420	47,717	46,804	→
Péronne	Arrondissement	95,129	94,732	92,675	92,146	93,735	95,032	91,970	→
Tarn	Department	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,543	396,168	→
Albi	Arrondissement	160,922	161,127	162,749	164,990	180,032	191,281	197,448	→
Castres	Arrondissement	177,102	178,218	179,974	178,412	189,157	195,262	198,720	→
Tarn-et-Garonne	Department	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	255,274	264,924	→
Castelsarrasin	Arrondissement	65,360	65,078	68,412	68,656	73,376	77,262	79,088	→
Montauban	Arrondissement	117,954	125,407	131,808	137,378	158,387	178,012	185,836	→
Territoire de Belfort	Department	128,125	131,999	134,097	137,408	142,444	144,483	140,082	→
Belfort	Arrondissement	128,125	131,999	134,097	137,408	142,444	144,483	140,082	→
Val-de-Marne	Department	1,215,713	1,193,655	1,215,538	1,227,250	1,302,889	1,372,389	1,419,531	→
Créteil	Arrondissement	221,014	241,893	264,789	273,843	296,291	310,159	324,088	→
L'Haÿ-les-Roses	Arrondissement	531,811	496,219	487,886	484,435	513,938	555,348	579,162	→
Nogent-sur-Marne	Arrondissement	462,888	455,543	462,863	468,972	492,660	506,882	516,281	→
Val-d'Oise	Department	840,885	920,598	1,049,598	1,105,464	1,160,721	1,215,390	1,270,845	→
Argenteuil	Arrondissement	315,587	332,188	358,200	366,945	386,421	408,510	430,278	→
Pontoise	Arrondissement	161,186	203,499	273,448	302,276	316,959	337,178	354,726	→
Sarcelles	Arrondissement	364,112	384,911	417,950	436,243	457,341	469,702	485,841	→
Var	Department	626,093	708,331	815,449	898,441	995,934	1,048,652	1,108,364	→
Brignoles	Arrondissement	64,615	77,180	103,765	126,234	156,503	179,342	190,660	→
Draguignan	Arrondissement	147,618	176,699	219,451	251,126	287,272	305,204	323,222	→
Toulon	Arrondissement	413,860	454,452	492,233	521,081	552,159	564,106	594,482	→
Vaucluse	Department	390,446	427,343	467,075	499,685	538,141	557,548	568,702	→
Apt	Arrondissement	79,635	88,634	104,937	115,286	122,172	128,195	127,798	→
Avignon	Arrondissement	157,086	169,493	179,150	185,873	202,263	208,025	213,587	→
Carpentras	Arrondissement	153,725	169,216	182,988	198,526	213,706	221,328	227,317	→
Vendée	Department	450,641	483,027	509,356	539,664	607,430	666,714	706,343	→
Fontenay-le-Comte	Arrondissement	119,669	123,414	124,504	124,354	133,173	139,568	140,477	→
La Roche-sur-Yon	Arrondissement	187,923	206,048	218,385	232,023	261,446	291,988	306,623	→
Les Sables-d'Olonne	Arrondissement	143,049	153,565	166,467	183,287	212,811	235,158	259,243	→
Vienne	Department	357,366	371,428	380,005	399,024	421,891	434,887	438,688	→
Châtellerault	Arrondissement	102,944	105,272	105,872	106,407	109,359	109,206	107,316	→
Montmorillon	Arrondissement	72,760	70,208	66,758	66,492	66,858	67,084	65,431	→
Poitiers	Arrondissement	181,662	195,948	207,375	226,125	245,674	258,597	265,941	→
Vosges	Department	397,957	395,769	386,258	380,952	380,304	372,016	358,700	→
Épinal	Arrondissement	202,245	202,673	198,687	196,538	195,462	192,277	187,306	→
Neufchâteau	Arrondissement	84,078	83,412	79,790	76,490	74,997	73,294	69,872	→
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	Arrondissement	111,634	109,684	107,781	107,924	109,845	106,445	101,522	→
Yonne	Department	299,851	311,019	323,096	333,221	341,418	340,903	333,896	→
Auxerre	Arrondissement	153,386	160,400	163,630	165,998	168,753	166,396	161,906	→
Avallon	Arrondissement	48,718	47,606	46,806	47,317	46,097	43,650	40,669	→
Sens	Arrondissement	97,747	103,013	112,660	119,906	126,568	130,857	131,321	→
Yvelines	Department	1,082,255	1,196,111	1,307,150	1,354,304	1,403,957	1,427,291	1,470,778	→
Mantes-la-Jolie	Arrondissement	197,760	215,855	242,541	251,867	260,215	270,275	282,318	→
Rambouillet	Arrondissement	128,414	174,015	200,261	217,056	226,565	226,929	233,531	→
Saint-Germain-en-Laye	Arrondissement	428,207	448,744	474,182	487,158	509,491	517,641	534,403	→
Versailles	Arrondissement	327,874	357,497	390,166	398,223	407,686	412,446	420,526	→
France	Republic	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	65,846,255

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

Explanation: Departments and arrondissements in the boundaries of 1 January 2024. Since 2006, France estimates the population by using census results of different years.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2021)
Males	31,720,181
Females	33,785,032

Age Groups (E 2021)
0-17 years	13,873,232
18-64 years	38,096,085
65+ years	13,535,896

Age Distribution (E 2021)
90+ years	878,826
80-89 years	3,151,439
70-79 years	5,672,335
60-69 years	7,862,991
50-59 years	8,598,707
40-49 years	8,378,329
30-39 years	8,086,412
20-29 years	7,414,104
10-19 years	8,058,290
0-9 years	7,403,781

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	60,601,723
Foreign citizenship	4,903,490

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	58,849,103
Immigrant	6,656,110