In Saône-et-Loire · INSEE, populations légales
Chalon-sur-Saône is the most densely populated city in Saône-et-Loire, at 2,961 inhab./km², ahead of Mâcon (1,298 inhab./km²) and Le Creusot (1,131 inhab./km²). At the other end, Cluny is the least densely populated city, at 207 inhab./km².
| Rank | City | Density | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 2,961 inhab./km² | 45,102 |
| 2 | Mâcon | 1,298 inhab./km² | 35,177 |
| 3 | Le Creusot | 1,131 inhab./km² | 20,509 |
| 4 | Montceau-les-Mines | 1,020 inhab./km² | 17,064 |
| 5 | Autun | 213 inhab./km² | 13,172 |
| 6 | Cluny | 207 inhab./km² | 4,942 |
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.