What are the 10 French cities farthest from Paris?

In order: Le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Dumbéa, Païta, Moorea-Maiao, Paea, Papara, Teva I Uta, Punaauia and Faaa.

What is the top 5 of French cities farthest from Paris?

Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km) and Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km).

Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?

Nouméa, at 16,748 km, just behind Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km).

Is Le Mont-Dore really the French city farthest from Paris?

Yes, at 16,781 km, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).

In which département is Le Mont-Dore?

Le Mont-Dore is in département 988, in the Nouvelle-Calédonie region.

What is the difference between Le Mont-Dore and Nouméa?

Le Mont-Dore is at 16,781 km, Nouméa at 16,748 km. The table gives the same figure for all 50 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,131, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities farthest from Paris in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Mont-Dore leads with 16,781 km.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,131, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

Which city in metropolitan France is farthest from Paris?

Once the overseas cities at the head of this ranking are set aside, the farthest are in the far south east and on Corsica, roughly 900 to 1,000 km out.

How is the distance from Paris measured?

As a great-circle distance between commune centres, so it is the straight line a plane would fly, not a road or rail distance. Driving distances are longer, and the order can differ.

What is the distance between Paris and Le Mont-Dore?

16,781 km in a straight line, which makes it the farthest city from Paris in this dataset.

In order: Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km), Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km), Paea (15,726 km), Papara (15,726 km), Teva I Uta (15,721 km), Punaauia (15,719 km), Faaa (15,716 km).

Which is the farthest in metropolitan France?

Overseas France takes the whole top of this ranking, and by a margin nothing else can approach: Nouvelle-Calédonie sits some 16 700 km from Paris, Polynésie a little under that, where no metropolitan city passes 1 100 km. Read past them and Corsica leads the Hexagon, because crossing the Mediterranean adds distance no mainland city matches; past Corsica the lead belongs to the far south-east and the Pyrenean and Mediterranean coasts, the Nice, Perpignan and Bayonne corners.

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The French city farthest from Paris is Le Mont-Dore, 16,781 km away as the crow flies, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).

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To Paris, 1052 cities shown. The coloured surface is a local average over 34,963 communes, 100.0% of the country's population, weighted by the population of each one. Every commune with a published value counts, not only the towns in the table. 79 ranked overseas cities are not plotted: they fall outside this map's frame. Projection: longitude compressed by cos(46.3°N), so east-west and north-south distances stay comparable. Source: INSEE / geo.api.gouv.fr.

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Top 50 of 1,131 cities
Rank	City	To Paris km	Population	Region
1	988 Le Mont-Dore	16,781	25,303	Nouvelle-Calédonie
2	988 Nouméa	16,748	85,976	Nouvelle-Calédonie
3	988 Dumbéa	16,731	34,926	Nouvelle-Calédonie
4	988 Païta	16,715	27,609	Nouvelle-Calédonie
5	987 Moorea-Maiao	15,727	18,201	Polynésie française
6	987 Paea	15,726	12,756	Polynésie française
7	987 Papara	15,726	11,743	Polynésie française
8	987 Teva I Uta	15,721	10,837	Polynésie française
9	987 Punaauia	15,719	28,781	Polynésie française
10	987 Faaa	15,716	29,826	Polynésie française
11	987 Bora-Bora	15,716	10,758	Polynésie française
12	987 Papeete	15,713	26,654	Polynésie française
13	987 Pirae	15,713	14,068	Polynésie française
14	987 Taiarapu-Est	15,712	13,602	Polynésie française
15	987 Mahina	15,709	14,623	Polynésie française
16	987 Hitiaa O Te Ra	15,708	10,196	Polynésie française
17	987 Arue	15,664	10,322	Polynésie française
18	974 Saint-Joseph (974)	9,414	39,207	La Réunion
19	974 Petite-Île	9,414	13,067	La Réunion
20	974 Saint-Pierre	9,408	85,038	La Réunion
21	974 Le Tampon	9,404	82,579	La Réunion
22	974 Saint-Louis (974)	9,396	54,941	La Réunion
23	974 Saint-Benoît	9,394	38,604	La Réunion
24	974 L'Étang-Salé	9,393	14,464	La Réunion
25	974 Les Avirons	9,390	11,536	La Réunion
26	974 Bras-Panon	9,389	13,012	La Réunion
27	974 Saint-Leu	9,387	36,163	La Réunion
28	974 Saint-André	9,382	58,885	La Réunion
29	974 Sainte-Suzanne	9,379	25,551	La Réunion
30	974 Sainte-Marie (974)	9,375	37,093	La Réunion
31	974 Saint-Paul	9,373	108,088	La Réunion
32	974 La Possession	9,373	36,568	La Réunion
33	974 Saint-Denis (974)	9,370	155,634	La Réunion
34	974 Le Port	9,363	33,969	La Réunion
35	976 Bandrele	8,055	10,282	Mayotte
36	976 Dembeni	8,047	15,848	Mayotte
37	976 Pamandzi	8,047	11,442	Mayotte
38	976 Dzaoudzi	8,044	17,831	Mayotte
39	976 Sada	8,044	11,156	Mayotte
40	976 Ouangani	8,043	10,203	Mayotte
41	976 Mamoudzou	8,041	71,437	Mayotte
42	976 Tsingoni	8,037	13,934	Mayotte
43	976 Koungou	8,036	32,156	Mayotte
44	976 Bandraboua	8,031	13,989	Mayotte
45	973 Apatou	7,207	10,306	Guyane
46	973 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	7,189	54,429	Guyane
47	973 Mana	7,163	10,957	Guyane
48	973 Kourou	7,110	24,824	Guyane
49	973 Matoury	7,089	36,512	Guyane
50	973 Macouria	7,083	19,899	Guyane

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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.

15 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities farthest from Paris?: In order: Le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Dumbéa, Païta, Moorea-Maiao, Paea, Papara, Teva I Uta, Punaauia and Faaa.
What is the top 5 of French cities farthest from Paris?: Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km) and Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?: Nouméa, at 16,748 km, just behind Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km).
Is Le Mont-Dore really the French city farthest from Paris?: Yes, at 16,781 km, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).
In which département is Le Mont-Dore?: Le Mont-Dore is in département 988, in the Nouvelle-Calédonie region.
What is the difference between Le Mont-Dore and Nouméa?: Le Mont-Dore is at 16,781 km, Nouméa at 16,748 km. The table gives the same figure for all 50 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?: Faaa, at 15,716 km.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,131, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities farthest from Paris in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Mont-Dore leads with 16,781 km.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,131, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
Which city in metropolitan France is farthest from Paris?: Once the overseas cities at the head of this ranking are set aside, the farthest are in the far south east and on Corsica, roughly 900 to 1,000 km out.
How is the distance from Paris measured?: As a great-circle distance between commune centres, so it is the straight line a plane would fly, not a road or rail distance. Driving distances are longer, and the order can differ.
What is the distance between Paris and Le Mont-Dore?: 16,781 km in a straight line, which makes it the farthest city from Paris in this dataset.
What are the top 10?: In order: Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km), Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km), Paea (15,726 km), Papara (15,726 km), Teva I Uta (15,721 km), Punaauia (15,719 km), Faaa (15,716 km).
Which is the farthest in metropolitan France?: Overseas France takes the whole top of this ranking, and by a margin nothing else can approach: Nouvelle-Calédonie sits some 16 700 km from Paris, Polynésie a little under that, where no metropolitan city passes 1 100 km. Read past them and Corsica leads the Hexagon, because crossing the Mediterranean adds distance no mainland city matches; past Corsica the lead belongs to the far south-east and the Pyrenean and Mediterranean coasts, the Nice, Perpignan and Bayonne corners.

The table below ranks the top 50 of the 1,131 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (distance from Paris), so you can see not just the order but how far apart the places are. The numbers are official public data: INSEE legal populations and the IGN commune registry, with the exact method and the exact scope stated under the table rather than left to be guessed at.

The same data answers neighbouring questions too: see The French cities farthest from the sea and The highest cities in France, or all rankings for the full list. All of it comes from Le Bon Rang, a free daily game that gives you five French cities and one of these statistics and asks you for the order.