What are the 10 French cities ranked by hunters?

In order: Saint-Denis (974), Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint-André, Saint-Louis (974), Saint-Joseph (974), Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Marie (974) and La Possession.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by hunters?

Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Le Tampon (2 / 1,000 inhab.) and Saint-André (2 / 1,000 inhab.).

Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?

Saint-Paul, at 2 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is Saint-Denis (974) really the French city ranked last on hunters?

Yes, at 2 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.) and Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.).

In which département is Saint-Denis (974)?

Saint-Denis (974) is in département 974, in the La Réunion region.

Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?

La Possession, at 2 / 1,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

866, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by hunters in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Saint-Denis (974) leads with 2 / 1,000 inhab.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 866, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Le Tampon (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-André (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Louis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Joseph (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Benoît (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Sainte-Marie (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), La Possession (2 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is this figure really about the city?

No: it is measured for the whole département, and every commune of that département carries the same figure. It is ranked this way because hunters is not published commune by commune, and a per-commune count would be almost entirely zeros. Read each row as "this town's département", not "this town".

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Saint-Denis (974) comes last on hunters, with 2 / 1,000 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhabitants) and Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhabitants).

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Hunters, 824 cities shown. The coloured surface is a local average over 34,079 communes, 82.4% of the country's population, weighted by the population of each one. Every commune with a published value counts, not only the towns in the table. Hatched areas have no published value within 25 km: the source withholds one there rather than measuring a zero. 42 ranked overseas cities are not plotted: they fall outside this map's frame. Projection: longitude compressed by cos(46.3°N), so east-west and north-south distances stay comparable. Source: Cour des comptes, validations du permis de chasser.

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Top 50 of 866 cities
Rank	City	Hunters / 1,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	974 Saint-Denis (974)	2	155,634	La Réunion
2	974 Saint-Paul	2	108,088	La Réunion
3	974 Saint-Pierre	2	85,038	La Réunion
4	974 Le Tampon	2	82,579	La Réunion
5	974 Saint-André	2	58,885	La Réunion
6	974 Saint-Louis (974)	2	54,941	La Réunion
7	974 Saint-Joseph (974)	2	39,207	La Réunion
8	974 Saint-Benoît	2	38,604	La Réunion
9	974 Sainte-Marie (974)	2	37,093	La Réunion
10	974 La Possession	2	36,568	La Réunion
11	974 Saint-Leu	2	36,163	La Réunion
12	974 Le Port	2	33,969	La Réunion
13	974 Sainte-Suzanne	2	25,551	La Réunion
14	974 L'Étang-Salé	2	14,464	La Réunion
15	974 Petite-Île	2	13,067	La Réunion
16	974 Bras-Panon	2	13,012	La Réunion
17	974 Les Avirons	2	11,536	La Réunion
18	972 Fort-de-France	3.2	75,506	Martinique
19	972 Le Lamentin	3.2	39,400	Martinique
20	972 Le Robert	3.2	21,553	Martinique
21	972 Schœlcher	3.2	19,478	Martinique
22	972 Ducos	3.2	18,105	Martinique
23	972 Saint-Joseph (972)	3.2	16,258	Martinique
24	972 Le François	3.2	15,778	Martinique
25	972 Sainte-Marie (972)	3.2	14,756	Martinique
26	972 Rivière-Salée	3.2	11,829	Martinique
27	972 Rivière-Pilote	3.2	11,604	Martinique
28	972 La Trinité (972)	3.2	11,454	Martinique
29	972 Saint-Esprit	3.2	10,322	Martinique
30	69 Lyon	4.4	519,127	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
31	69 Villeurbanne	4.4	163,684	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
32	69 Vénissieux	4.4	65,502	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
33	69 Vaulx-en-Velin	4.4	53,069	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
34	69 Saint-Priest	4.4	49,229	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
35	69 Caluire-et-Cuire	4.4	43,597	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
36	69 Bron	4.4	42,982	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
37	69 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	4.4	38,168	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
38	69 Meyzieu	4.4	36,687	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
39	69 Villefranche-sur-Saône	4.4	36,172	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
40	69 Rillieux-la-Pape	4.4	31,389	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
41	69 Décines-Charpieu	4.4	29,877	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
42	69 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	4.4	23,200	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
43	69 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon	4.4	21,692	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
44	69 Givors	4.4	21,379	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
45	69 Saint-Genis-Laval	4.4	21,212	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
46	69 Saint-Fons	4.4	19,285	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
47	69 Écully	4.4	17,944	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
48	69 Francheville	4.4	15,604	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
49	69 Belleville-en-Beaujolais	4.4	14,016	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
50	69 Mions	4.4	13,843	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

11 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by hunters?: In order: Saint-Denis (974), Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint-André, Saint-Louis (974), Saint-Joseph (974), Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Marie (974) and La Possession.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by hunters?: Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Le Tampon (2 / 1,000 inhab.) and Saint-André (2 / 1,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?: Saint-Paul, at 2 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is Saint-Denis (974) really the French city ranked last on hunters?: Yes, at 2 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.) and Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.).
In which département is Saint-Denis (974)?: Saint-Denis (974) is in département 974, in the La Réunion region.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?: La Possession, at 2 / 1,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 866, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by hunters in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Saint-Denis (974) leads with 2 / 1,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by hunters?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 866, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Saint-Denis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Paul (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Pierre (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Le Tampon (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-André (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Louis (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Joseph (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Benoît (2 / 1,000 inhab.), Sainte-Marie (974) (2 / 1,000 inhab.), La Possession (2 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is this figure really about the city?: No: it is measured for the whole département, and every commune of that département carries the same figure. It is ranked this way because hunters is not published commune by commune, and a per-commune count would be almost entirely zeros. Read each row as "this town's département", not "this town".

The table below ranks the top 50 of the 866 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (hunters), so you can see not just the order but how far apart the places are. The numbers are official public data: INSEE legal populations and the IGN commune registry, with the exact method and the exact scope stated under the table rather than left to be guessed at.

The same data answers neighbouring questions too: see The French cities with the most cows per inhabitant and The French cities with the fewest cows per inhabitant, or all rankings for the full list. All of it comes from Le Bon Rang, a free daily game that gives you five French cities and one of these statistics and asks you for the order.