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

Departments

The population of the departments of New Aquitaine 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
Charente		Dept	Angoulême	5,956	337,064	340,770	341,993	339,628	349,535	353,613	351,603	595600	→
Charente-Maritime		Dept	La Rochelle	6,864	497,859	513,220	527,146	557,024	605,410	639,938	668,160	686400	→
Corrèze		Dept	Tulle	5,857	240,363	241,448	237,908	232,576	242,038	241,871	240,120	585700	→
Creuse		Dept	Guéret	5,565	146,214	139,968	131,349	124,470	123,861	120,365	115,529	556500	→
Deux-Sèvres		Dept	Niort	5,999	335,829	342,812	345,965	344,392	362,944	374,435	375,415	599900	→
Dordogne		Dept	Périgueux	9,060	373,179	377,356	386,365	388,293	406,793	415,417	416,325	906000	→
Gironde		Dept	Bordeaux	9,976	1,061,480	1,127,546	1,213,499	1,287,334	1,409,345	1,548,478	1,674,980	997600	→
Haute-Vienne		Dept	Limoges	5,520	352,149	355,737	353,593	353,893	371,102	375,795	372,438	552000	→
Landes		Dept	Mont-de-Marsan	9,243	288,323	297,424	311,461	327,334	367,492	403,234	428,427	924300	→
Lot-et-Garonne		Dept	Agen	5,361	292,616	298,522	305,989	305,380	324,170	333,417	332,226	536100	→
Pyrénées-Atlantiques		Dept	Pau	7,645	534,748	555,696	578,516	600,018	643,090	670,032	699,473	764500	→
Vienne		Dept	Poitiers	6,990	357,366	371,428	380,005	399,024	421,891	434,887	438,688	699000	→
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	NAQ	Reg	Bordeaux	84,036	4,817,190	4,961,927	5,113,789	5,259,366	5,627,671	5,911,482	6,113,384	8403600	→
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	Bordeaux	265,328
2	Limoges	129,754
3	Poitiers	89,472
4	La Rochelle	79,961
5	Pau	78,620
6	Mérignac	77,136
7	Pessac	66,874
8	Niort	60,074
9	Bayonne	53,312

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in New Aquitaine 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
Agen	34,039	31,593	30,553	30,170	33,863	33,988	32,193	1149	→
Anglet	25,245	29,821	33,041	35,263	37,934	38,724	42,288	2694	→
Angoulême	47,221	46,197	42,876	43,171	42,669	42,081	41,423	2185	→
Bayonne	42,938	41,381	40,051	40,078	44,498	49,207	53,312	2168	→
Bègles	25,680	23,318	22,604	22,475	24,914	27,197	30,968	996	→
Bergerac	27,764	26,832	26,899	26,053	27,601	27,419	26,852	5615	→
Biarritz	27,595	26,598	28,742	30,055	26,828	24,457	25,810	1166	→
Bordeaux	223,131	208,159	210,336	215,363	235,178	249,712	265,328	4936	→
Bressuire	16,101	17,366	17,827	17,799	18,436	19,411	19,860	18059	→
Brive-la-Gaillarde	51,828	51,511	49,765	49,141	50,231	47,349	46,769	4861	→
Bruges	7,610	7,686	8,753	10,610	13,605	18,176	20,382	1422	→
Cenon	24,769	23,520	21,363	21,283	22,732	24,547	26,784	552	→
Châtellerault	37,080	35,838	34,678	34,126	33,993	31,809	31,105	5194	→
Cognac	22,237	20,660	19,528	19,534	19,243	18,654	18,466	1550	→
Dax	19,137	18,648	19,309	19,515	20,860	20,683	21,716	1969	→
Eysines	12,719	14,760	16,391	18,407	19,207	22,864	24,436	1201	→
Gradignan	18,691	21,441	21,727	22,193	23,096	25,241	26,186	1577	→
Guéret	14,855	15,720	14,706	14,123	14,066	13,492	12,814	2620	→
Gujan-Mestras	7,613	8,600	11,433	14,958	17,195	20,817	22,643	5400	→
La Rochelle	79,757	75,840	71,094	76,584	76,848	75,404	79,961	2843	→
La Teste-de-Buch	15,831	18,038	20,331	22,970	24,616	26,110	27,141	18087	→
Le Bouscat	21,126	20,906	21,538	22,455	23,334	23,715	24,262	528	→
Libourne	21,651	22,119	21,012	21,761	23,471	24,866	24,668	2063	→
Limoges	143,725	140,418	133,486	133,994	138,882	133,627	129,754	7744	→
Lormont	18,719	20,910	21,591	21,343	20,636	22,131	24,654	736	→
Marmande	16,535	16,540	17,113	16,770	17,161	17,949	17,361	6077	→
Mérignac	50,652	51,306	57,273	61,992	66,002	70,127	77,136	4817	→
Mont-de-Marsan	26,166	27,326	28,328	29,489	30,212	30,629	31,455	3686	→
Niort	62,267	58,203	57,012	56,663	58,576	58,952	60,074	6819	→
Pau	83,498	83,790	82,157	78,732	84,978	77,215	78,620	3151	→
Périgueux	35,120	32,916	30,280	30,193	29,416	29,829	29,876	982	→
Pessac	51,360	50,267	51,055	56,143	57,851	61,332	66,874	3883	→
Poitiers	81,313	79,350	78,894	83,448	89,253	87,918	89,472	4210	→
Rochefort	28,155	26,167	25,561	25,797	25,999	24,045	23,188	2195	→
Royan	18,062	17,540	16,837	17,102	18,424	18,393	19,322	1930	→
Saintes	26,891	25,471	25,874	25,595	26,401	25,288	25,312	4554	→
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles	16,265	18,665	22,064	25,566	27,243	30,547	32,749	8522	→
Talence	34,127	34,692	34,485	37,210	40,940	42,171	45,869	835	→
Tulle	20,100	18,880	17,164	15,553	15,647	14,390	13,602	2445	→
Villenave-d'Ornon	22,975	21,073	25,609	27,500	29,339	31,620	42,185	2125	→
Villeneuve-sur-Lot	22,307	23,045	22,782	22,782	23,436	22,686	22,004	8136	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	980,027
Females	1,107,550

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	261,609
15-64 years	1,443,379
65+ years	382,589

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	28,356
80-89 years	84,457
70-79 years	173,663
60-69 years	210,499
50-59 years	257,196
40-49 years	259,073
30-39 years	337,903
20-29 years	363,413
10-19 years	204,056
0-9 years	168,961

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	1,827,074
Foreign citizenship	306,037

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	1,696,629
Immigrant	436,482