Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur 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
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence		Dept	Digne-les-Bains	6,925	112,178	119,068	130,883	139,561	156,067	161,799	168,054	692500	→
Alpes-Maritimes		Dept	Nice	4,299	816,681	881,198	971,829	1,011,326	1,082,465	1,082,440	1,128,418	429900	→
Bouches-du-Rhône		Dept	Marseille	5,087	1,632,974	1,724,199	1,759,371	1,835,719	1,958,926	2,016,622	2,087,658	508700	→
Hautes-Alpes		Dept	Gap	5,549	97,358	105,070	113,300	121,419	132,482	140,916	143,467	554900	→
Var		Dept	Toulon	5,973	626,093	708,331	815,449	898,441	995,934	1,048,652	1,119,307	597300	→
Vaucluse		Dept	Avignon	3,567	390,446	427,343	467,075	499,685	538,141	557,548	572,056	356700	→
Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur	PRO	Reg	Marseille	31,400	3,675,730	3,965,209	4,257,907	4,506,151	4,864,015	5,007,977	5,218,960	3140000	→
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	Marseille	886,040
2	Nice	357,737
3	Toulon	179,116
4	Aix-en-Provence	149,695
5	Avignon	92,188
6	Antibes	77,637
7	Cannes	74,350
8	La Seyne-sur-Mer	63,732
9	Fréjus	59,719
10	Hyères	55,858

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur 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
Aix-en-Provence	110,659	121,327	123,842	134,222	143,404	142,668	149,695	18608	→
Allauch	11,149	13,519	16,092	18,907	18,747	21,332	21,443	5030	→
Antibes	55,960	62,859	70,005	72,412	75,770	74,875	77,637	2648	→
Arles	50,059	50,500	52,058	50,513	52,197	52,886	51,811	75893	→
Aubagne	33,595	38,561	41,100	42,638	44,804	45,410	47,529	5490	→
Avignon	90,786	89,132	86,939	85,935	91,283	92,130	92,188	6491	→
Brignoles	9,995	10,412	11,239	12,487	15,679	17,093	17,850	7053	→
Cagnes-sur-Mer	29,538	35,214	40,902	43,942	48,941	49,322	53,354	1795	→
Cannes	70,527	72,259	68,676	67,304	70,829	74,285	74,350	1962	→
Carpentras	24,251	24,838	24,212	26,090	28,526	28,699	31,619	3792	→
Cavaillon	21,259	20,615	23,102	24,563	25,596	26,707	25,636	4596	→
Digne-les-Bains	15,416	15,149	16,087	16,064	17,455	16,246	17,979	11707	→
Draguignan	21,448	26,667	30,183	32,829	37,117	40,278	40,826	5375	→
Fréjus	28,851	31,662	41,486	46,801	52,436	52,897	59,719	10227	→
Gap	28,233	30,676	33,444	36,262	37,785	40,776	41,293	11043	→
Gardanne	14,120	15,122	17,864	19,344	20,903	19,749	21,597	2702	→
Grasse	34,579	37,673	41,388	43,874	50,257	50,937	50,970	4444	→
Hyères	36,123	38,999	48,043	51,417	54,888	56,478	55,858	13238	→
Istres	18,129	28,561	35,163	38,993	42,775	43,086	44,292	11373	→
La Ciotat	32,721	31,727	30,620	31,630	32,901	35,580	38,477	3146	→
La Garde	15,506	19,805	22,412	25,329	25,551	25,047	26,476	1554	→
La Seyne-sur-Mer	51,155	57,659	59,968	60,188	58,252	64,903	63,732	2217	→
La Valette-du-Var	14,745	18,296	20,687	21,739	22,282	23,347	23,719	1550	→
Le Cannet	33,892	37,411	41,842	42,158	42,207	41,571	41,938	771	→
Les Pennes-Mirabeau	14,839	15,691	18,599	19,043	20,238	21,387	22,537	3366	→
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	11,508	12,728	15,564	16,971	18,799	19,483	20,244	4457	→
Mandelieu-la-Napoule	9,535	14,283	16,493	17,870	20,621	22,360	21,640	3137	→
Manosque	19,126	18,760	19,107	19,603	21,777	21,754	22,718	5673	→
Marignane	26,477	31,109	32,325	34,006	33,159	33,929	33,692	2316	→
Marseille	908,600	874,436	800,550	798,430	852,395	861,635	886,040	24062	→
Martigues	38,373	42,037	42,678	43,493	46,247	49,403	48,298	7144	→
Menton	25,143	25,086	29,141	28,812	28,683	28,231	30,604	1405	→
Miramas	15,585	20,414	21,602	22,526	25,257	25,639	26,203	2574	→
Mougins	8,492	10,197	13,014	16,051	19,906	18,476	19,782	2564	→
Nice	344,481	337,085	342,439	342,738	348,721	342,522	357,737	7192	→
Orange	25,371	26,499	26,964	27,989	30,025	29,561	29,706	7420	→
Pertuis	10,117	12,430	15,791	17,833	18,680	19,645	19,548	6623	→
Saint-Laurent-du-Var	15,503	20,678	24,426	27,141	30,290	28,919	32,172	1011	→
Saint-Raphaël	21,080	24,118	26,616	30,671	34,381	35,296	37,113	8959	→
Salon-de-Provence	34,576	34,846	34,054	37,129	40,943	44,836	44,194	7030	→
Six-Fours-les-Plages	20,090	25,526	28,957	32,742	35,091	33,339	37,109	2658	→
Toulon	181,801	179,423	167,619	160,639	166,537	167,479	179,116	4284	→
Vallauris	17,182	21,205	24,325	25,773	30,645	25,966	29,259	1304	→
Vence	11,385	13,119	15,330	16,982	19,479	18,393	19,917	3923	→
Vitrolles	13,413	22,725	35,397	36,784	37,479	34,089	36,758	3658	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	850,418
Females	861,458

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	344,997
15-64 years	1,134,026
65+ years	232,853

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	13,253
80-89 years	43,487
70-79 years	104,880
60-69 years	157,676
50-59 years	200,663
40-49 years	233,989
30-39 years	252,497
20-29 years	239,466
10-19 years	244,131
0-9 years	221,834

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	1,251,188
Foreign Citizenship	430,537

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	1,153,296
Immigrant	528,429