What is the highest city in Gironde?

Cestas, at 58 m, ahead of Léognan (49 m).

What is the lowest city in Gironde?

Parempuyre, at 4 m. 31 cities of Gironde are measured here.

Where does Cestas stand in France?

724 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Gironde?

Cestas (58 m), Léognan (49 m), Cenon (46 m), Pessac (45 m), Mérignac (42 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Gironde

Cestas is the highest city in Gironde, at 58 m, ahead of Léognan (49 m) and Cenon (46 m). At the other end, Parempuyre is the lowest city, at 4 m.

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The 31 cities of Gironde ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	Cestas	58 m	16,666
2	Léognan	49 m	10,670
3	Cenon	46 m	26,834
4	Pessac	45 m	67,339
5	Mérignac	42 m	78,090
6	Lormont	39 m	25,769
7	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles	38 m	32,910
8	Floirac	38 m	18,300
9	Saint-Émilion	38 m	1,608
10	Le Haillan	35 m	11,392
11	Mios	34 m	12,043
12	Gradignan	32 m	26,952
13	Saint-André-de-Cubzac	28 m	12,626
14	La Teste-de-Buch	26 m	27,566
15	Le Taillan-Médoc	26 m	11,073
16	Eysines	24 m	24,825
17	Biganos	22 m	11,431
18	Talence	21 m	46,338
19	Saint-Loubès	16 m	10,027
20	Le Bouscat	15 m	25,081
21	Gujan-Mestras	15 m	22,153
22	Villenave-d'Ornon	14 m	42,545
23	Andernos-les-Bains	14 m	12,710
24	Arcachon	14 m	11,092
25	Blanquefort	13 m	17,215
26	Libourne	10 m	25,036
27	Bordeaux	9 m	267,991
28	Ambarès-et-Lagrave	9 m	17,644
29	Bègles	7 m	31,831
30	Bruges	6 m	20,020
31	Parempuyre	4 m	10,672

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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.

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What is the highest city in Gironde?: Cestas, at 58 m, ahead of Léognan (49 m).
What is the lowest city in Gironde?: Parempuyre, at 4 m. 31 cities of Gironde are measured here.
Where does Cestas stand in France?: 724 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Gironde?: Cestas (58 m), Léognan (49 m), Cenon (46 m), Pessac (45 m), Mérignac (42 m). The whole table is on this page.