Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes 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
Ain		Dept	Bourg-en-Bresse	5,762	376,477	418,516	471,019	515,270	574,377	631,877	679,344	576200	→
Allier		Dept	Moulins	7,340	378,406	369,580	357,710	344,721	343,114	341,613	333,298	734000	→
Ardèche		Dept	Privas	5,529	257,065	267,970	277,581	286,023	309,456	324,209	334,231	552900	→
Cantal		Dept	Aurillac	5,726	166,549	162,838	158,723	150,778	149,057	146,219	144,196	572600	→
Drôme		Dept	Valence	6,530	361,847	389,781	414,072	437,778	473,428	504,637	524,207	653000	→
Haute-Loire		Dept	Le Puy-en-Velay	4,977	205,491	205,895	206,568	209,113	220,437	227,034	228,654	497700	→
Haute-Savoie		Dept	Annecy	4,388	447,795	494,505	568,286	631,679	706,708	793,938	861,158	438800	→
Isère		Dept	Grenoble	7,431	860,339	936,771	1,016,228	1,094,006	1,178,714	1,251,060	1,298,990	743100	→
Loire		Dept	Saint-Étienne	4,781	742,396	739,521	746,288	728,524	740,668	759,411	774,133	478100	→
Puy-de-Dôme		Dept	Clermont-Ferrand	7,970	580,033	594,365	598,213	604,266	626,639	647,501	664,453	797000	→
Rhône		Dept	Lyon	3,249	1,429,647	1,445,208	1,508,966	1,578,869	1,677,073	1,821,995	1,914,667	324900	→
Savoie		Dept	Chambéry	6,028	305,118	323,675	348,261	373,258	405,535	428,204	448,226	602800	→
Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes	ARA	Reg	Lyon	69,711	6,111,163	6,348,625	6,671,915	6,954,285	7,405,206	7,877,698	8,205,557	6971100	→
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	Lyon	519,127
2	Saint-Étienne	173,136
3	Villeurbanne	163,684
4	Grenoble	156,140
5	Clermont-Ferrand	146,351
6	Annecy	132,117
7	Vénissieux	65,502
8	Valence	64,458
9	Chambéry	59,964
10	Vaulx-en-Velin	53,069

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes 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
Aix-les-Bains	22,210	23,451	24,683	25,732	27,267	29,822	32,406	1262	→
Albertville	16,961	16,970	17,411	17,340	17,814	18,969	19,978	1754	→
Annecy	96,527	101,087	107,537	112,379	116,877	125,694	132,117	6693	→
Annemasse	23,384	26,204	27,669	27,253	29,540	35,234	37,628	498	→
Annonay	20,832	19,484	18,525	17,522	17,257	16,698	17,274	2120	→
Aurillac	30,863	30,963	30,773	30,551	28,943	25,875	26,214	2876	→
Bourg-en-Bresse	42,181	41,098	40,972	40,666	40,506	40,819	42,372	2386	→
Bourg-lès-Valence	15,616	16,033	18,230	18,347	18,351	20,074	19,992	2030	→
Bourgoin-Jallieu	21,971	22,550	22,392	22,947	23,759	27,502	30,151	2437	→
Bron	44,563	40,638	39,683	37,369	38,833	40,694	42,982	1030	→
Caluire-et-Cuire	43,041	41,931	41,311	41,233	41,010	42,292	43,597	1045	→
Chambéry	54,415	53,427	54,120	55,786	57,420	59,697	59,964	2099	→
Clermont-Ferrand	156,763	147,224	136,181	137,140	139,501	141,398	146,351	4267	→
Cournon-d'Auvergne	12,583	16,949	19,156	18,866	18,501	19,768	19,951	1858	→
Décines-Charpieu	20,031	22,832	24,564	24,193	24,952	27,362	29,877	1701	→
Échirolles	33,288	37,360	34,435	32,806	35,383	35,648	37,491	786	→
Fontaine	25,036	22,827	22,853	23,323	22,394	22,516	22,020	674	→
Givors	21,968	20,544	19,777	18,437	19,345	19,374	21,379	1734
Grenoble	166,037	156,637	150,758	153,317	156,793	160,649	156,140	1813	→
Le Puy-en-Velay	26,594	24,064	21,743	20,490	18,885	18,909	18,540	1679	→
Lyon	456,716	413,095	415,487	445,452	472,330	513,275	519,127	4787	→
Meyzieu	19,435	26,776	28,077	28,009	29,014	32,863	36,687	2301	→
Montélimar	28,058	29,161	29,982	31,344	34,636	38,397	40,595	4681	→
Montluçon	56,468	49,912	44,248	41,362	39,761	36,946	33,147	2067	→
Moulins	26,067	25,159	22,799	21,892	20,251	19,697	19,206	861	→
Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	37,821	36,636	35,703	35,146	35,558	36,685	38,168	888	→
Oyonnax	23,026	22,739	23,869	24,162	23,490	22,392	22,480	3618	→
Privas	10,808	10,345	10,080	9,170	8,646	8,321	8,538	1214	→
Rillieux-la-Pape	30,676	31,560	30,791	28,367	29,546	30,375	31,389	1448	→
Riom	17,071	18,346	18,793	18,548	18,040	18,987	18,820	3197	→
Roanne	55,198	48,708	41,759	38,896	35,750	34,831	35,409	1612	→
Romans-sur-Isère	33,030	33,152	32,734	32,667	33,234	33,465	33,464	3308	→
Saint-Chamond	40,250	40,267	38,878	37,378	35,414	34,870	35,646	5488	→
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon	21,698	21,521	21,450	21,193	22,151	21,978	21,692	683	→
Saint-Étienne	220,181	204,955	199,396	180,210	175,318	171,057	173,136	7997	→
Saint-Genis-Laval	13,162	14,353	18,782	19,221	20,313	21,342	21,212	1292	→
Saint-Martin-d'Hères	38,052	35,188	34,341	35,777	35,502	38,479	37,695	926	→
Saint-Priest	36,734	42,677	41,876	40,974	40,917	45,097	49,229	2971	→
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	14,886	15,001	15,460	15,977	18,278	21,793	23,200	779	→
Thonon-les-Bains	24,454	24,844	28,401	28,927	31,562	34,895	37,928	1621	→
Valence	68,604	66,356	63,437	64,260	64,803	62,479	64,458	3669	→
Vaulx-en-Velin	37,866	44,160	44,174	39,154	40,626	47,313	53,069	2095	→
Vénissieux	74,347	64,804	60,444	56,061	56,935	64,273	65,502	1533	→
Vichy	32,117	30,527	27,714	26,528	25,467	25,068	25,115	585	→
Vienne	27,830	28,294	29,449	29,975	29,844	29,162	31,778	2265	→
Villefranche-sur-Saône	30,341	28,881	29,542	30,647	33,840	36,671	36,172	948	→
Villeurbanne	116,535	115,960	116,872	124,215	138,151	148,665	163,684	1452	→
Voiron	19,420	18,911	18,686	19,794	20,689	20,529	21,847	2190	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	275,537
Females	298,146

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	94,918
15-64 years	337,710
65+ years	141,055

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	9,406
80-89 years	31,178
70-79 years	64,700
60-69 years	75,165
50-59 years	76,328
40-49 years	69,241
30-39 years	65,221
20-29 years	54,067
10-19 years	69,372
0-9 years	59,005

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	521,492
Foreign Citizenship	47,210

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	502,484
Immigrant	66,218