In Meurthe-et-Moselle · INSEE, populations légales
Nancy is the most densely populated city in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at 6,938 inhab./km², ahead of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (3,165 inhab./km²) and Longwy (2,877 inhab./km²). At the other end, Toul is the least densely populated city, at 511 inhab./km².
| Rank | City | Density | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy | 6,938 inhab./km² | 103,671 |
| 2 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | 3,165 inhab./km² | 29,942 |
| 3 | Longwy | 2,877 inhab./km² | 15,679 |
| 4 | Maxéville | 1,784 inhab./km² | 10,090 |
| 5 | Villerupt | 1,566 inhab./km² | 10,102 |
| 6 | Villers-lès-Nancy | 1,481 inhab./km² | 14,718 |
| 7 | Lunéville | 1,102 inhab./km² | 18,262 |
| 8 | Laxou | 926 inhab./km² | 14,771 |
| 9 | Pont-à-Mousson | 658 inhab./km² | 14,190 |
| 10 | Toul | 511 inhab./km² | 15,768 |
The same ranking for the whole of France : The densest cities in France · The least densely populated cities in France
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.