What are the 10 French cities ranked by wild boar?

In order: Verdun, Bar-le-Duc, Bastia, Borgo, Corte, Calvi, L'Île-Rousse, Mende, Saint-Chély-d'Apcher and Ajaccio.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by wild boar?

Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Borgo (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.) and Corte (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.).

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

Bar-le-Duc, at 103.6 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is Verdun really the French city ranked first on wild boar?

Yes, at 103.6 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.) and Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.).

In which département is Verdun?

Verdun is in département 55, in the Grand Est region.

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

Ajaccio, at 83.8 / 1,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,051, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by wild boar in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Verdun leads with 103.6 / 1,000 inhab.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by wild boar?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,051, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Borgo (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Corte (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Calvi (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), L'Île-Rousse (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Mende (84.5 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (84.5 / 1,000 inhab.), Ajaccio (83.8 / 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 wild boar 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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Verdun leads on wild boar, with 103.6 / 1,000 inhabitants, then Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhabitants) and Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhabitants).

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Wild boar, 1051 cities shown. The coloured surface is a local average over 34,745 communes, 92.9% 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. Projection: longitude compressed by cos(46.3°N), so east-west and north-south distances stay comparable. Source: Office français de la biodiversité, tableaux de chasse.

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Top 50 of 1,051 cities
Rank	City	Wild boar / 1,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	55 Verdun	103.6	16,890	Grand Est
2	55 Bar-le-Duc	103.6	14,607	Grand Est
3	2B Bastia	89.9	46,867	Corse
4	2B Borgo	89.9	10,311	Corse
5	2B Corte	89.9	7,819	Corse
6	2B Calvi	89.9	5,788	Corse
7	2B L'Île-Rousse	89.9	3,231	Corse
8	48 Mende	84.5	12,464	Occitanie
9	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	84.5	3,955	Occitanie
10	2A Ajaccio	83.8	76,320	Corse
11	2A Porto-Vecchio	83.8	11,198	Corse
12	2A Propriano	83.8	3,996	Corse
13	2A Bonifacio	83.8	3,344	Corse
14	52 Saint-Dizier	81.1	22,858	Grand Est
15	52 Chaumont	81.1	20,827	Grand Est
16	52 Colombey les Deux Églises	81.1	661	Grand Est
17	07 Annonay	72.6	17,274	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
18	07 Aubenas	72.6	12,416	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
19	07 Tournon-sur-Rhône	72.6	11,279	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
20	07 Guilherand-Granges	72.6	11,235	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
21	41 Blois	69.4	47,219	Centre-Val de Loire
22	41 Romorantin-Lanthenay	69.4	18,373	Centre-Val de Loire
23	41 Vendôme	69.4	15,758	Centre-Val de Loire
24	41 Chambord	69.4	102	Centre-Val de Loire
25	46 Cahors	64.8	20,050	Occitanie
26	46 Rocamadour	64.8	597	Occitanie
27	18 Bourges	60.2	64,186	Centre-Val de Loire
28	18 Vierzon	60.2	25,068	Centre-Val de Loire
29	24 Périgueux	55.4	29,055	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
30	24 Bergerac	55.4	27,110	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
31	24 Boulazac Isle Manoire	55.4	10,759	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
32	24 Sarlat-la-Canéda	55.4	8,763	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
33	24 Domme	55.4	906	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
34	89 Auxerre	54.9	35,097	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
35	89 Sens	54.9	27,106	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
36	89 Chablis	54.9	2,139	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
37	89 Vézelay	54.9	476	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
38	32 Auch	54.5	22,428	Occitanie
39	36 Châteauroux	54.2	42,963	Centre-Val de Loire
40	36 Issoudun	54.2	11,159	Centre-Val de Loire
41	09 Pamiers	53.4	16,473	Occitanie
42	23 Guéret	49.3	12,955	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
43	11 Narbonne	45.7	57,587	Occitanie
44	11 Carcassonne	45.7	46,080	Occitanie
45	11 Castelnaudary	45.7	12,151	Occitanie
46	11 Limoux	45.7	10,532	Occitanie
47	11 Lézignan-Corbières	45.7	10,343	Occitanie
48	04 Manosque	45.6	22,718	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
49	04 Digne-les-Bains	45.6	17,979	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
50	04 Barcelonnette	45.6	2,518	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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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. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

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 wild boar?: In order: Verdun, Bar-le-Duc, Bastia, Borgo, Corte, Calvi, L'Île-Rousse, Mende, Saint-Chély-d'Apcher and Ajaccio.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by wild boar?: Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Borgo (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.) and Corte (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by wild boar?: Bar-le-Duc, at 103.6 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is Verdun really the French city ranked first on wild boar?: Yes, at 103.6 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.) and Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.).
In which département is Verdun?: Verdun is in département 55, in the Grand Est region.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by wild boar?: Ajaccio, at 83.8 / 1,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,051, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by wild boar in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Verdun leads with 103.6 / 1,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by wild boar?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,051, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Verdun (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bar-le-Duc (103.6 / 1,000 inhab.), Bastia (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Borgo (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Corte (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Calvi (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), L'Île-Rousse (89.9 / 1,000 inhab.), Mende (84.5 / 1,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (84.5 / 1,000 inhab.), Ajaccio (83.8 / 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 wild boar 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 1,051 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (wild boar), 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 fewest wild boar and The French cities with the most hunters, 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.