Bretagne / Brittany (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Brittany 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) 2022-01-01
Côtes-d'Armor		Dept	Saint-Brieuc	6,878	525,556	538,869	538,395	542,373	576,049	598,357	609,598	687800	→
Finistère		Dept	Quimper	6,733	804,088	828,364	838,687	852,418	885,906	907,796	927,912	673300	→
Ille-et-Vilaine		Dept	Rennes	6,775	702,199	749,764	798,718	867,533	955,846	1,042,884	1,109,232	677500	→
Morbihan		Dept	Vannes	6,823	563,588	590,889	619,838	643,873	702,487	744,813	776,103	682300	→
Bretagne [Brittany]	BRE	Reg	Rennes	27,208	2,595,431	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,120,288	3,293,850	3,422,845	2720800	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	65,846,255		→

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

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01
1	Rennes	227,830
2	Brest	140,993
3	Quimper	64,530
4	Lorient	58,202
5	Vannes	54,955

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Brittany Region with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2024.

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) 2022-01-01	Area
Brest	166,826	156,060	147,956	149,634	142,722	139,163	140,993	4951	→
Bruz	7,281	7,856	8,114	13,207	15,031	17,978	19,667	2995	→
Concarneau	18,759	17,984	18,630	19,453	20,280	19,182	20,632	4104	→
Fougères	26,610	24,362	22,239	21,779	20,678	20,235	20,602	1047	→
Lanester	21,074	21,643	22,102	21,897	22,598	22,095	23,188	1837	→
Lannion	16,867	16,641	16,958	18,368	19,773	19,827	20,525	4394	→
Lorient	69,769	62,554	59,271	59,189	58,135	57,567	58,202	1748	→
Morlaix	19,237	18,348	16,701	15,990	15,605	14,830	15,220	2483	→
Quimper	55,977	56,907	59,437	63,238	63,961	63,508	64,530	8443	→
Rennes	198,305	194,656	197,536	206,229	207,922	215,366	227,830	5039	→
Saint-Brieuc	52,559	48,563	44,752	46,087	46,178	45,105	44,607	2188	→
Saint-Malo	45,030	46,347	48,057	50,675	48,563	45,719	47,255	3659	→
Vannes	40,359	42,178	45,644	51,759	52,984	53,200	54,955	3231	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	150,937
Females	154,044

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	53,949
15-64 years	179,389
65+ years	71,643

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	5,021
80-89 years	16,138
70-79 years	31,701
60-69 years	38,565
50-59 years	40,696
40-49 years	36,306
30-39 years	32,403
20-29 years	30,284
10-19 years	40,529
0-9 years	33,338

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	295,795
Foreign citizenship	10,138

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	293,696
Immigrant	12,237