What are the 10 French cities ranked by rugby players?

In order: Creil, Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Louvres, Héricourt, Oignies, Villerupt, Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Val-de-Reuil, Somain and Guebwiller.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by rugby players?

Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Héricourt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Oignies (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

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

Montereau-Fault-Yonne, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is Creil really the French city ranked last on rugby players?

Yes, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

In which département is Creil?

Creil is in département 60, in the Hauts-de-France region.

Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by rugby players?

Guebwiller, at 0.2 / 1,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,036, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by rugby players in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Creil leads with 0.1 / 1,000 inhab.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by rugby players?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,036, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Héricourt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Oignies (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Villerupt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montrevault-sur-Èvre (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Val-de-Reuil (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Somain (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Guebwiller (0.2 / 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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Creil comes last on rugby players, with 0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants, ahead of Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants) and Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants).

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Rugby players, 987 cities shown. The coloured surface estimates the local tendency from nearby ranked cities. Exact city values remain in the table. 49 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 1,036 cities
Rank	City	Rugby players / 1,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	60 Creil	0.1	36,301	Hauts-de-France
2	77 Montereau-Fault-Yonne	0.1	22,279	Île-de-France
3	95 Louvres	0.1	12,560	Île-de-France
4	70 Héricourt	0.1	10,621	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
5	62 Oignies	0.1	10,323	Hauts-de-France
6	54 Villerupt	0.1	10,102	Grand Est
7	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	0.2	15,726	Pays de la Loire
8	27 Val-de-Reuil	0.2	13,245	Normandie
9	59 Somain	0.2	11,766	Hauts-de-France
10	68 Guebwiller	0.2	11,243	Grand Est
11	59 Vieux-Condé	0.2	10,617	Hauts-de-France
12	60 Nogent-sur-Oise	0.3	21,907	Hauts-de-France
13	62 Avion	0.3	17,435	Hauts-de-France
14	94 Valenton	0.3	14,406	Île-de-France
15	06 Beausoleil	0.3	11,936	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
16	95 Bezons	0.4	36,434	Île-de-France
17	62 Lens	0.4	32,920	Hauts-de-France
18	62 Hénin-Beaumont	0.4	25,688	Hauts-de-France
19	62 Bruay-la-Buissière	0.4	21,424	Hauts-de-France
20	08 Sedan	0.4	16,667	Grand Est
21	971 Pointe-à-Pitre	0.4	15,040	Guadeloupe
22	25 Audincourt	0.4	14,071	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
23	91 Épinay-sous-Sénart	0.4	11,611	Île-de-France
24	51 Vitry-le-François	0.4	10,996	Grand Est
25	59 Douchy-les-Mines	0.4	10,109	Hauts-de-France
26	95 Garges-lès-Gonesse	0.5	41,791	Île-de-France
27	62 Liévin	0.5	30,063	Hauts-de-France
28	95 Villiers-le-Bel	0.5	30,053	Île-de-France
29	93 Clichy-sous-Bois	0.5	29,354	Île-de-France
30	59 Denain	0.5	20,665	Hauts-de-France
31	95 Arnouville	0.5	15,023	Île-de-France
32	76 Canteleu	0.5	14,402	Normandie
33	60 Montataire	0.5	14,257	Hauts-de-France
34	68 Kingersheim	0.5	13,354	Grand Est
35	62 Outreau	0.5	13,138	Hauts-de-France
36	42 Le Chambon-Feugerolles	0.5	12,314	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
37	49 Baugé-en-Anjou	0.5	11,712	Pays de la Loire
38	74 Gaillard	0.5	11,423	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
39	57 Amnéville	0.5	10,875	Grand Est
40	25 Valentigney	0.5	10,501	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
41	93 Bondy	0.6	50,595	Île-de-France
42	94 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges	0.6	36,221	Île-de-France
43	91 Vigneux-sur-Seine	0.6	31,466	Île-de-France
44	25 Montbéliard	0.6	24,672	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
45	57 Montigny-lès-Metz	0.6	21,718	Grand Est
46	57 Freyming-Merlebach	0.6	13,266	Grand Est
47	10 La Chapelle-Saint-Luc	0.6	12,648	Grand Est
48	60 Pont-Sainte-Maxence	0.6	12,361	Hauts-de-France
49	57 Creutzwald	0.6	12,254	Grand Est
50	57 Sarrebourg	0.6	12,170	Grand Est

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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.

11 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by rugby players?: In order: Creil, Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Louvres, Héricourt, Oignies, Villerupt, Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Val-de-Reuil, Somain and Guebwiller.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by rugby players?: Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Héricourt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Oignies (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by rugby players?: Montereau-Fault-Yonne, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is Creil really the French city ranked last on rugby players?: Yes, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
In which département is Creil?: Creil is in département 60, in the Hauts-de-France region.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by rugby players?: Guebwiller, at 0.2 / 1,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,036, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by rugby players in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Creil leads with 0.1 / 1,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by rugby players?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,036, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Creil (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montereau-Fault-Yonne (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Louvres (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Héricourt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Oignies (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Villerupt (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Montrevault-sur-Èvre (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Val-de-Reuil (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Somain (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Guebwiller (0.2 / 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 1,036 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (rugby players), 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 where pétanque is least played and The French cities where golf is least played, 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.