Hauts-de-France (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Hauts-de-France 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
Aisne		Dept	Laon	7,362	533,807	533,927	537,200	535,434	537,750	538,659	523,342	736200	→
Nord		Dept	Lille	5,743	2,511,478	2,520,526	2,531,855	2,555,020	2,564,950	2,605,238	2,615,635	574300	→
Oise		Dept	Beauvais	5,860	606,320	661,781	725,603	766,441	796,624	821,552	829,899	586000	→
Pas-de-Calais		Dept	Arras	6,671	1,402,295	1,412,413	1,433,203	1,441,568	1,456,726	1,472,648	1,457,905	667100	→
Somme		Dept	Amiens	6,170	538,462	544,570	547,825	555,551	565,910	571,879	565,413	617000	→
Hauts-de-France	HTF	Reg	Lille	31,806	5,592,362	5,673,217	5,775,686	5,854,014	5,921,960	6,009,976	5,992,194	3180600	→
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	Lille	238,246
2	Amiens	136,449
3	Tourcoing	98,772
4	Roubaix	98,286
5	Dunkerque	86,263
6	Calais	67,571
7	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	62,868
8	Beauvais	55,550
9	Saint-Quentin	52,813

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Hauts-de-France 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
Abbeville	25,398	24,915	23,787	24,567	24,142	23,278	22,395	2642	→
Amiens	131,476	131,332	131,872	135,501	134,737	132,874	136,449	4946	→
Armentières	26,346	24,834	25,219	25,273	25,170	25,066	26,998	628	→
Arras	46,483	41,736	38,983	40,590	42,672	40,721	42,875	1163	→
Beauvais	54,089	52,365	54,190	55,392	55,230	54,881	55,550	3331	→
Béthune	26,982	25,508	24,556	25,971	25,982	24,995	25,224	946	→
Boulogne-sur-Mer	48,440	47,653	43,678	44,859	43,840	42,366	40,539	842	→
Bruay-la-Buissière	29,435	26,649	24,927	23,998	23,804	22,119	21,424	1635	→
Calais	78,820	76,527	75,309	77,333	75,293	75,961	67,571	3350	→
Cambrai	39,049	35,272	33,092	33,738	32,296	33,004	31,134	1818	→
Compiègne	37,699	40,384	41,896	41,254	41,714	40,200	40,761	5310	→
Coudekerque-Branche	24,930	23,958	23,644	24,152	22,986	21,360	20,787	914	→
Creil	32,509	34,709	31,956	30,675	33,837	35,575	36,301	1109	→
Croix	20,125	19,386	20,231	20,638	21,006	21,239	20,566	444	→
Denain	26,204	21,825	19,544	20,360	20,186	19,920	20,665	1152	→
Douai	45,239	42,576	42,175	42,796	42,621	39,989	40,250	1688	→
Dunkerque [Dunkirk]	99,776	100,404	98,237	97,957	93,825	88,876	86,263	4389	→
Grande-Synthe	24,250	26,231	24,362	23,247	21,428	23,634	20,239	2144	→
Halluin	15,491	16,444	17,629	18,997	19,757	20,662	20,715	1256	→
Hazebrouck	19,866	20,008	20,567	21,396	21,313	21,709	21,912	2620	→
Hénin-Beaumont	26,405	26,037	26,257	25,178	26,031	26,379	25,688	2072	→
La Madeleine	20,999	22,115	21,601	22,399	22,428	21,533	21,790	284	→
Lambersart	29,614	28,494	28,275	28,131	28,410	27,517	27,090	616	→
Laon	27,901	26,676	26,486	26,265	26,463	25,358	24,220	4200	→
Lens	40,199	38,244	35,017	36,206	36,011	30,413	32,920	1170	→
Liévin	33,070	33,096	33,623	33,427	32,174	31,237	30,063	1283	→
Lille	219,204	196,705	198,691	212,597	225,789	232,741	238,246	3483	→
Loos	21,530	20,640	20,657	20,869	21,043	21,442	22,567	695	→
Marcq-en-Baroeul	36,126	35,278	36,601	37,177	39,101	39,298	40,184	1404	→
Maubeuge	35,399	36,061	34,989	33,546	32,667	30,100	28,767	1885	→
Mons-en-Baroeul	28,070	26,638	23,578	23,017	22,664	20,993	21,105	288	→
Nogent-sur-Oise	15,680	16,980	19,537	19,151	19,674	19,414	21,907	746
Roubaix	109,553	101,602	97,746	96,984	97,423	96,077	98,286	1323	→
Saint-Quentin	67,243	63,567	60,644	59,066	56,471	55,649	52,813	2256	→
Soissons	30,009	30,213	29,829	29,453	28,471	28,410	28,046	1232	→
Tourcoing	102,239	96,908	93,765	93,540	92,118	96,809	98,772	1519	→
Valenciennes	42,473	40,275	38,441	41,278	42,670	44,043	43,468	1382	→
Villeneuve-d'Ascq	36,769	59,527	65,320	65,042	61,630	61,920	62,868	2746	→
Wasquehal	16,391	16,275	17,986	18,541	18,989	20,963	20,726	686	→
Wattrelos	45,440	44,626	43,675	42,753	42,077	41,264	40,847	1344	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	94,190
Females	98,863

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	26,975
15-64 years	109,139
65+ years	56,939

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	3,867
80-89 years	12,691
70-79 years	25,831
60-69 years	29,723
50-59 years	28,175
40-49 years	21,889
30-39 years	18,315
20-29 years	15,098
10-19 years	21,109
0-9 years	16,355

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	180,947
Foreign Citizenship	11,702

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	177,595
Immigrant	15,054