What is the largest city of Loire?

Saint-Étienne, with 173,136 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Chamond (35,646).

How many cities does Loire have?

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

Which city of Loire is the densest?

Roanne, at 2,196 inhab./km², against 1,241 inhab./km² for the cities of Loire taken together.

Which region is Loire in?

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which this dataset carries 116 cities of.

Which cities are in Loire?

Saint-Étienne (173,136), Saint-Chamond (35,646), Roanne (35,409), Firminy (17,060), Montbrison (16,123), Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (15,764), Rive-de-Gier (15,242), Le Chambon-Feugerolles (12,314), Riorges (11,139), Andrézieux-Bouthéon (10,425). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of Loire (42)

Loire carries 10 cities in this dataset, 342,258 inhabitants between them. The largest is Saint-Étienne (173,136), the smallest Andrézieux-Bouthéon (10,425).

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Cities10
Inhabitants342,258
DensestRoanne2,196 inhab./km²
Largest areaSaint-Étienne80 km²

The 10 cities of Loire, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Saint-Étienne	173,136	2,163	80
2	Saint-Chamond	35,646	646	55.2
3	Roanne	35,409	2,196	16.1
4	Firminy	17,060	1,627	10.5
5	Montbrison	16,123	991	16.3
6	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert	15,764	381	41.3
7	Rive-de-Gier	15,242	2,064	7.4
8	Le Chambon-Feugerolles	12,314	705	17.5
9	Riorges	11,139	712	15.7
10	Andrézieux-Bouthéon	10,425	657	15.9

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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 Loire?: Saint-Étienne, with 173,136 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Chamond (35,646).
How many cities does Loire have?: 10 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Loire has far more communes than that.
Which city of Loire is the densest?: Roanne, at 2,196 inhab./km², against 1,241 inhab./km² for the cities of Loire taken together.
Which region is Loire in?: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which this dataset carries 116 cities of.
Which cities are in Loire?: Saint-Étienne (173,136), Saint-Chamond (35,646), Roanne (35,409), Firminy (17,060), Montbrison (16,123), Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (15,764), Rive-de-Gier (15,242), Le Chambon-Feugerolles (12,314), Riorges (11,139), Andrézieux-Bouthéon (10,425). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.