What are the 10 French cities ranked by golfers?

In order: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Garges-lès-Gonesse, Denain, Bobigny, La Courneuve, Stains, Sainte-Marie (972), Villetaneuse, Auchel and Aubervilliers.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by golfers?

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.), Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Bobigny (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.) and La Courneuve (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.).

Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by golfers?

Garges-lès-Gonesse, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni really the French city ranked last on golfers?

Yes, at 0 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

In which département is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni?

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is in département 973, in the Guyane region.

What is the difference between Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Garges-lès-Gonesse?

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is at 0 / 1,000 inhab., Garges-lès-Gonesse at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab. 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 ranked by golfers?

Aubervilliers, at 0.3 / 1,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,034, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by golfers in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni leads with 0 / 1,000 inhab.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by golfers?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,034, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.), Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Bobigny (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), La Courneuve (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Stains (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Sainte-Marie (972) (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Villetaneuse (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Auchel (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Aubervilliers (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.).

Where does this figure come from?

Straight from Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives, joined to each commune by its INSEE code and never retyped by hand. A commune the source does not cover is left out of the table rather than shown as a zero: an absence and a measured zero are different facts, and only one of them is safe to rank.

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Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni comes last on golfers, with 0 / 1,000 inhabitants, ahead of Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants) and Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants).

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Golfers, 986 cities shown. The coloured surface estimates the local tendency from nearby ranked cities. Exact city values remain in the table. 48 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: Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives · 2023.

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Top 50 of 1,034 cities
Rank	City	Golfers / 1,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	973 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	0	54,429	Guyane
2	95 Garges-lès-Gonesse	0.1	41,791	Île-de-France
3	59 Denain	0.1	20,665	Hauts-de-France
4	93 Bobigny	0.2	56,927	Île-de-France
5	93 La Courneuve	0.2	47,167	Île-de-France
6	93 Stains	0.2	41,388	Île-de-France
7	972 Sainte-Marie (972)	0.2	14,756	Martinique
8	93 Villetaneuse	0.2	12,530	Île-de-France
9	62 Auchel	0.2	10,051	Hauts-de-France
10	93 Aubervilliers	0.3	88,365	Île-de-France
11	974 Saint-André	0.3	58,885	La Réunion
12	974 Sainte-Suzanne	0.3	25,551	La Réunion
13	69 Saint-Fons	0.3	19,285	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
14	974 Saint-Benoît	0.4	38,604	La Réunion
15	973 Matoury	0.4	36,512	Guyane
16	91 Grigny	0.4	26,842	Île-de-France
17	94 Bonneuil-sur-Marne	0.4	18,270	Île-de-France
18	972 Saint-Joseph (972)	0.4	16,258	Martinique
19	59 Hautmont	0.4	14,152	Hauts-de-France
20	91 Fleury-Mérogis	0.4	13,721	Île-de-France
21	974 Bras-Panon	0.4	13,012	La Réunion
22	93 Saint-Denis (93)	0.5	149,077	Île-de-France
23	93 Le Blanc-Mesnil	0.5	62,376	Île-de-France
24	95 Sarcelles	0.5	59,173	Île-de-France
25	974 Saint-Joseph (974)	0.5	39,207	La Réunion
26	974 Le Port	0.5	33,969	La Réunion
27	93 Clichy-sous-Bois	0.5	29,354	Île-de-France
28	49 Beaupréau-en-Mauges	0.5	23,989	Pays de la Loire
29	59 Grande-Synthe	0.5	20,239	Hauts-de-France
30	971 Sainte-Rose	0.5	17,700	Guadeloupe
31	971 Capesterre-Belle-Eau	0.5	17,684	Guadeloupe
32	94 Valenton	0.5	14,406	Île-de-France
33	62 Outreau	0.5	13,138	Hauts-de-France
34	62 Bully-les-Mines	0.5	12,146	Hauts-de-France
35	93 Dugny	0.5	11,700	Île-de-France
36	59 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	0.5	11,644	Hauts-de-France
37	972 Rivière-Pilote	0.5	11,604	Martinique
38	59 Vieux-Condé	0.5	10,617	Hauts-de-France
39	972 Saint-Esprit	0.5	10,322	Martinique
40	60 Creil	0.6	36,301	Hauts-de-France
41	62 Liévin	0.6	30,063	Hauts-de-France
42	95 Villiers-le-Bel	0.6	30,053	Île-de-France
43	69 Givors	0.6	21,379	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
44	62 Avion	0.6	17,435	Hauts-de-France
45	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	0.6	15,726	Pays de la Loire
46	95 Persan	0.6	14,359	Île-de-France
47	57 Creutzwald	0.6	12,254	Grand Est
48	59 Raismes	0.6	12,199	Hauts-de-France
49	62 Nœux-les-Mines	0.6	11,590	Hauts-de-France
50	59 Fourmies	0.6	11,449	Hauts-de-France

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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. This particular ranking is a rate per inhabitant, so it covers towns of 10,000 people or more only: in a village of a hundred, three licence holders would read as thirty per thousand and outrank a town with a professional club, so no rate is published below that size rather than a meaningless one.

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.

12 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by golfers?: In order: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Garges-lès-Gonesse, Denain, Bobigny, La Courneuve, Stains, Sainte-Marie (972), Villetaneuse, Auchel and Aubervilliers.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by golfers?: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.), Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Bobigny (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.) and La Courneuve (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by golfers?: Garges-lès-Gonesse, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni really the French city ranked last on golfers?: Yes, at 0 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
In which département is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni?: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is in département 973, in the Guyane region.
What is the difference between Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Garges-lès-Gonesse?: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is at 0 / 1,000 inhab., Garges-lès-Gonesse at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab. 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 ranked by golfers?: Aubervilliers, at 0.3 / 1,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,034, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by golfers in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni leads with 0 / 1,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by golfers?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,034, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 / 1,000 inhab.), Garges-lès-Gonesse (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Denain (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Bobigny (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), La Courneuve (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Stains (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Sainte-Marie (972) (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Villetaneuse (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Auchel (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Aubervilliers (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.).
Where does this figure come from?: Straight from Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives, joined to each commune by its INSEE code and never retyped by hand. A commune the source does not cover is left out of the table rather than shown as a zero: an absence and a measured zero are different facts, and only one of them is safe to rank.

The table below ranks the top 50 of the 1,034 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (golfers), 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.

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