Bourgogne - Franche-Comté / Burgundy (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Burgundy - Franche-Comté 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
Côte-d'Or		Dept	Dijon	8,763	456,070	473,548	493,866	506,755	519,143	533,147	540,100	876300	→
Doubs		Dept	Besançon	5,234	471,082	477,163	484,770	499,062	520,133	536,959	547,163	523400	→
Haute-Saône		Dept	Vesoul	5,360	222,254	231,962	229,650	229,732	237,197	237,706	233,185	536000	→
Jura		Dept	Lons-le-Saunier	4,999	238,856	242,925	248,759	250,857	258,897	260,587	257,973	499900	→
Nièvre		Dept	Nevers	6,817	245,212	239,635	233,278	225,198	221,488	211,747	201,417	681700	→
Saône-et-Loire		Dept	Mâcon	8,575	569,810	571,852	559,413	544,893	551,842	555,408	550,310	857500	→
Territoire de Belfort		Dept	Belfort	609	128,125	131,999	134,097	137,408	142,444	144,483	140,255	60900	→
Yonne		Dept	Auxerre	7,427	299,851	311,019	323,096	333,221	341,418	340,903	332,267	742700	→
Bourgogne - Franche-Comté [Burgundy]	BFC	Reg	Dijon	47,784	2,631,260	2,680,103	2,706,929	2,727,126	2,792,562	2,820,940	2,802,670	4778400	→
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	Dijon	161,830
2	Besançon	118,489
3	Belfort	45,912
4	Chalon-sur-Saône	45,102
5	Mâcon	35,177
6	Auxerre	35,097
7	Nevers	33,085
8	Sens	27,106

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Burgundy - Franche-Comté 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
Auxerre	38,342	38,741	38,819	37,790	37,218	34,583	35,097	4995	→
Beaune	19,060	20,207	21,289	21,923	22,012	21,661	20,352	3130	→
Belfort	54,615	51,206	50,125	50,417	51,327	49,519	45,912	1710	→
Besançon	120,315	113,283	113,828	117,733	117,836	116,676	118,489	6505	→
Chalon-sur-Saône	58,187	56,194	54,575	50,124	46,676	45,390	45,102	1522	→
Dijon	151,705	140,942	146,703	149,867	151,543	155,114	161,830	4041	→
Dole	29,295	26,889	26,577	24,949	25,051	23,373	23,840	3838	→
Le Creusot	33,366	32,149	28,909	26,283	23,793	21,887	20,509	1811	→
Lons-le-Saunier	20,942	20,105	19,144	18,483	18,075	17,459	16,618	768	→
Mâcon	39,344	38,404	37,275	34,469	33,865	33,236	35,177	2704	→
Montbéliard	30,425	31,836	29,005	27,570	26,392	25,336	24,672	1501	→
Montceau-les-Mines	28,177	26,925	22,999	20,634	19,548	18,772	17,064	1662	→
Nevers	45,480	43,013	41,968	40,932	38,007	34,228	33,085	1733	→
Pontarlier	17,983	17,781	18,104	18,360	18,939	17,140	18,067	4135	→
Sens	25,991	26,062	26,433	26,118	25,844	25,784	27,106	2190	→
Vesoul	18,173	18,412	17,614	17,168	16,329	15,058	15,078	907	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	294,149
Females	307,793

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	109,095
15-64 years	362,929
65+ years	129,918

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	7,293
80-89 years	25,287
70-79 years	60,832
60-69 years	75,829
50-59 years	81,560
40-49 years	75,573
30-39 years	71,690
20-29 years	57,163
10-19 years	78,516
0-9 years	68,199

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	576,662
Foreign Citizenship	24,643

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	567,834
Immigrant	33,471