What is the largest city of Doubs?

Besançon, with 118,489 inhabitants, ahead of Montbéliard (24,672).

How many cities does Doubs have?

5 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Doubs has far more communes than that.

Which city of Doubs is the densest?

Besançon, at 1,819 inhab./km², against 1,327 inhab./km² for the cities of Doubs taken together.

Which region is Doubs in?

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, which this dataset carries 26 cities of.

Which cities are in Doubs?

Besançon (118,489), Montbéliard (24,672), Pontarlier (18,067), Audincourt (14,071), Valentigney (10,501). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of Doubs (25)

Doubs carries 5 cities in this dataset, 185,800 inhabitants between them. The largest is Besançon (118,489), the smallest Valentigney (10,501).

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Cities5
Inhabitants185,800
DensestBesançon1,819 inhab./km²
Largest areaBesançon65.1 km²

The 5 cities of Doubs, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Besançon	118,489	1,819	65.1
2	Montbéliard	24,672	1,644	15
3	Pontarlier	18,067	437	41.3
4	Audincourt	14,071	1,603	8.8
5	Valentigney	10,501	1,077	9.8

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The rankings of Doubs

Where Doubs stands out

The coldest cities in FrancePontarlier is 7 of 1,040 in France · 110.1 days
The rainiest cities in FrancePontarlier is 10 of 1,040 in France · 149.7 days
Listed monuments: the top 50 French citiesBesançon is 12 of 979 in France · 209 monuments
Museums: the top 50 French citiesBesançon is 17 of 512 in France · 6 museums
The highest cities in FrancePontarlier is 20 of 1,111 in France · 989 m
The French cities where most people walk to workPontarlier is 20 of 1,038 in France · 17.5 %

Its region : Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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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.

5 questions about this territory

What is the largest city of Doubs?: Besançon, with 118,489 inhabitants, ahead of Montbéliard (24,672).
How many cities does Doubs have?: 5 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Doubs has far more communes than that.
Which city of Doubs is the densest?: Besançon, at 1,819 inhab./km², against 1,327 inhab./km² for the cities of Doubs taken together.
Which region is Doubs in?: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, which this dataset carries 26 cities of.
Which cities are in Doubs?: Besançon (118,489), Montbéliard (24,672), Pontarlier (18,067), Audincourt (14,071), Valentigney (10,501). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.