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Departments

The population of the departments of Occitania 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
Ariège		Dept	Foix	4,890	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	152,499	155,722	489000	→
Aude		Dept	Carcassonne	6,139	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	366,957	379,648	613900	→
Aveyron		Dept	Rodez	8,735	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	279,169	279,609	873500	→
Gard		Dept	Nîmes	5,853	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	738,189	770,940	585300	→
Gers		Dept	Auch	6,257	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,932	192,645	625700	→
Haute-Garonne		Dept	Toulouse	6,309	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,335,103	1,471,468	630900	→
Hautes-Pyrénées		Dept	Tarbes	4,464	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	228,582	231,349	446400	→
Hérault		Dept	Montpellier	6,101	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,120,190	1,230,289	610100	→
Lot		Dept	Cahors	5,217	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,400	176,473	521700	→
Lozère		Dept	Mende	5,167	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,309	76,486	516700	→
Pyrénées-Orientales		Dept	Perpignan	4,116	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	471,038	496,855	411600	→
Tarn		Dept	Albi	5,758	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,543	397,352	575800	→
Tarn-et-Garonne		Dept	Montauban	3,718	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	255,274	265,817	371800	→
Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée) [Occitania]	OCC	Reg	Toulouse	72,724	4,057,772	4,251,833	4,545,648	4,847,335	5,371,117	5,774,185	6,124,653	7272400	→
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	Toulouse	514,819
2	Montpellier	310,240
3	Nîmes	151,839
4	Perpignan	121,616
5	Béziers	81,545
6	Montauban	62,945
7	Narbonne	57,587
8	Albi	51,290

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Occitania 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
Agde	11,605	13,107	17,583	19,988	21,104	26,946	29,939	5081	→
Albi	46,162	45,947	46,579	46,274	48,889	49,475	51,290	4426	→
Alès	44,245	43,268	41,037	39,346	40,108	39,535	46,125	2316	→
Auch	23,185	23,258	23,136	21,838	21,704	21,943	22,428	7248	→
Béziers	84,029	76,647	70,996	69,153	72,462	75,999	81,545	9548	→
Blagnac	11,651	14,929	17,209	20,586	21,194	23,759	27,604	1688	→
Cahors	20,226	19,707	19,735	20,003	20,093	19,340	20,050	6472	→
Carcassonne	42,154	41,153	43,470	43,950	47,620	45,996	46,080	6508	→
Castelnau-le-Lez	9,339	9,884	11,043	14,214	15,201	19,504	26,058	1118
Castres	45,978	45,578	44,812	43,496	43,347	41,483	42,505	9817	→
Colomiers	20,126	23,326	26,979	28,538	32,315	38,801	40,882	2083	→
Cugnaux	9,516	9,461	11,311	12,997	16,047	17,600	20,662	1301	→
Foix	9,599	9,282	9,964	9,109	9,658	9,706	9,934	1932	→
Frontignan	12,238	14,951	16,245	19,145	23,068	22,771	24,136	3172	→
Lunel	13,452	15,648	18,404	22,352	24,044	25,178	26,623	2390	→
Mende	10,451	10,929	11,286	11,804	12,153	11,641	12,464	3656	→
Millau	21,907	21,695	21,788	21,339	22,041	22,234	22,044	16823	→
Montauban	48,028	50,682	51,224	51,855	55,438	59,982	62,945	13517	→
Montpellier	191,354	197,231	207,996	225,392	253,712	277,639	310,240	5688	→
Muret	14,778	15,844	18,134	20,735	23,572	25,264	26,079	5784	→
Narbonne	39,342	41,565	45,849	46,510	51,306	53,462	57,587	17296	→
Nîmes	127,933	124,220	128,471	133,424	143,468	150,672	151,839	16185	→
Perpignan	106,426	111,669	105,983	105,115	116,041	121,934	121,616	6807	→
Plaisance-du-Touch	4,560	5,753	10,075	14,164	15,443	17,896	21,079	2653	→
Rodez	25,550	24,368	24,701	23,707	24,289	23,949	23,981	1118	→
Sète	39,258	39,545	41,510	39,542	42,972	43,620	45,337	2421	→
Tarbes	54,897	51,422	47,566	46,275	44,973	40,593	44,399	1533	→
Toulouse	373,796	347,995	358,688	390,350	439,453	471,941	514,819	11830	→
Tournefeuille	5,291	8,541	16,669	22,758	25,709	26,477	30,168	1817	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	606,970
Females	653,276

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	213,292
15-64 years	768,740
65+ years	278,214

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	17,921
80-89 years	57,626
70-79 years	128,482
60-69 years	152,457
50-59 years	158,179
40-49 years	149,457
30-39 years	151,983
20-29 years	149,571
10-19 years	159,485
0-9 years	135,085

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	1,200,310
Foreign Citizenship	59,895

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	1,181,673
Immigrant	78,532