What is the largest city by area in Nord?

Bailleul, at 43.5 km², ahead of Dunkerque (42 km²).

What is the smallest city by area in Nord?

La Madeleine, at 2.7 km². 54 cities of Nord are measured here.

Where does Bailleul stand in France?

252 of the 1,131 French cities measured on city area. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Nord?

Bailleul (43.5 km²), Dunkerque (42 km²), Lille (34.7 km²), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (33.9 km²), Raismes (33.3 km²). The whole table is on this page.

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The largest cities in Nord by area

Bailleul is the largest city by area in Nord, at 43.5 km², ahead of Dunkerque (42 km²) and Lille (34.7 km²). At the other end, La Madeleine is the smallest city by area, at 2.7 km².

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The 54 cities of Nord ranked on city area
Rank	City	City area	Population
1	Bailleul	43.5 km²	14,732
2	Dunkerque	42 km²	86,263
3	Lille	34.7 km²	238,246
4	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux	33.9 km²	15,974
5	Raismes	33.3 km²	12,199
6	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	27.4 km²	62,868
7	Hazebrouck	27.4 km²	21,912
8	Fourmies	23 km²	11,449
9	Grande-Synthe	21 km²	20,239
10	Gravelines	20.7 km²	11,430
11	Maubeuge	18.9 km²	28,767
12	Cambrai	18.2 km²	31,134
13	Seclin	17.4 km²	13,261
14	Douai	16.9 km²	40,250
15	Comines	16.1 km²	12,731
16	Wambrechies	15.5 km²	11,012
17	Tourcoing	15.1 km²	98,772
18	Marcq-en-Barœul	14 km²	40,184
19	Valenciennes	13.8 km²	43,468
20	Wattrelos	13.7 km²	40,847
21	Roubaix	13.1 km²	98,286
22	Caudry	12.9 km²	13,833
23	Halluin	12.6 km²	20,715
24	Hautmont	12.3 km²	14,152
25	Somain	12.3 km²	11,766
26	Saint-Saulve	12 km²	10,947
27	Denain	11.5 km²	20,665
28	Sin-le-Noble	11.5 km²	16,076
29	Vieux-Condé	11 km²	10,617
30	Roncq	10.6 km²	14,075
31	Jeumont	10.2 km²	10,160
32	Hem	9.7 km²	18,582
33	Douchy-les-Mines	9.2 km²	10,109
34	Coudekerque-Branche	9.1 km²	20,787
35	Annœullin	9 km²	10,847
36	Marly (59)	8 km²	11,995
37	Loos	6.9 km²	22,567
38	Wasquehal	6.9 km²	20,726
39	Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	6.7 km²	11,644
40	Armentières	6.3 km²	26,998
41	Wattignies	6.3 km²	15,525
42	Neuville-en-Ferrain	6.2 km²	10,002
43	Lambersart	6.1 km²	27,090
44	Ronchin	5.4 km²	19,787
45	Haubourdin	5.4 km²	15,074
46	Marquette-lez-Lille	4.8 km²	12,622
47	Faches-Thumesnil	4.6 km²	18,619
48	Croix	4.4 km²	20,566
49	Mouvaux	4.2 km²	13,369
50	Anzin	3.6 km²	13,183
51	Lys-lez-Lannoy	3.3 km²	14,050
52	Saint-André-lez-Lille	3.2 km²	13,233
53	Mons-en-Barœul	2.9 km²	21,105
54	La Madeleine	2.7 km²	21,790

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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.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the largest city by area in Nord?: Bailleul, at 43.5 km², ahead of Dunkerque (42 km²).
What is the smallest city by area in Nord?: La Madeleine, at 2.7 km². 54 cities of Nord are measured here.
Where does Bailleul stand in France?: 252 of the 1,131 French cities measured on city area. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nord?: Bailleul (43.5 km²), Dunkerque (42 km²), Lille (34.7 km²), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (33.9 km²), Raismes (33.3 km²). The whole table is on this page.