What is the best-known city in Pas-de-Calais?

Lens, at 189,958, ahead of Arras (137,723).

What is the least-known city in Pas-de-Calais?

Longuenesse, at 5,804. 27 cities of Pas-de-Calais are measured here.

Where does Lens stand in France?

45 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Pas-de-Calais?

Lens (189,958), Arras (137,723), Boulogne-sur-Mer (127,014), Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (109,007), Hénin-Beaumont (75,043). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Pas-de-Calais

Lens is the best-known city in Pas-de-Calais, at 189,958, ahead of Arras (137,723) and Boulogne-sur-Mer (127,014). At the other end, Longuenesse is the least-known city, at 5,804.

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The 27 cities of Pas-de-Calais ranked on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	Lens	189,958	32,920
2	Arras	137,723	42,875
3	Boulogne-sur-Mer	127,014	40,539
4	Le Touquet-Paris-Plage	109,007	4,224
5	Hénin-Beaumont	75,043	25,688
6	Calais	72,612	67,571
7	Saint-Omer	64,311	14,382
8	Béthune	60,941	25,224
9	Berck	59,274	12,951
10	Montreuil-sur-Mer	49,438	1,912
11	Liévin	45,665	30,063
12	Bruay-la-Buissière	27,150	21,424
13	Avion	17,454	17,435
14	Étaples	16,479	10,710
15	Harnes	16,072	12,247
16	Carvin	15,060	17,909
17	Courrières	14,088	10,176
18	Outreau	13,948	13,138
19	Nœux-les-Mines	13,178	11,590
20	Lillers	12,859	10,193
21	Auchel	12,823	10,051
22	Oignies	12,731	10,323
23	Saint-Martin-Boulogne	10,906	10,888
24	Bully-les-Mines	9,383	12,146
25	Méricourt	8,136	11,619
26	Marck	8,103	10,467
27	Longuenesse	5,804	10,548

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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 best-known city in Pas-de-Calais?: Lens, at 189,958, ahead of Arras (137,723).
What is the least-known city in Pas-de-Calais?: Longuenesse, at 5,804. 27 cities of Pas-de-Calais are measured here.
Where does Lens stand in France?: 45 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Pas-de-Calais?: Lens (189,958), Arras (137,723), Boulogne-sur-Mer (127,014), Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (109,007), Hénin-Beaumont (75,043). The whole table is on this page.