What are the 10 French cities ranked by bars?

In order: Argelès-sur-Mer, Saint-Omer, Porto-Vecchio, Agde, Dinan, Douarnenez, Vichy, Périgueux, Bastia and Aurillac.

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

Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.), Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.), Agde (32.07 / 10,000 inhab.) and Dinan (29.12 / 10,000 inhab.).

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

Saint-Omer, at 32.68 / 10,000 inhab., just behind Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.).

Is Argelès-sur-Mer really the French city ranked first on bars?

Yes, at 34.85 / 10,000 inhab., ahead of Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.) and Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.).

In which département is Argelès-sur-Mer?

Argelès-sur-Mer is in département 66, in the Occitanie region.

What is the difference between Argelès-sur-Mer and Saint-Omer?

Argelès-sur-Mer is at 34.85 / 10,000 inhab., Saint-Omer at 32.68 / 10,000 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 bars?

Aurillac, at 22.89 / 10,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,050, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by bars in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Argelès-sur-Mer leads with 34.85 / 10,000 inhab.

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

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,050, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.), Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.), Agde (32.07 / 10,000 inhab.), Dinan (29.12 / 10,000 inhab.), Douarnenez (25.59 / 10,000 inhab.), Vichy (25.48 / 10,000 inhab.), Périgueux (25.47 / 10,000 inhab.), Bastia (25.18 / 10,000 inhab.), Aurillac (22.89 / 10,000 inhab.).

Where does this figure come from?

Straight from INSEE, SIRENE, stock des établissements, 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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Argelès-sur-Mer leads on bars, with 34.85 / 10,000 inhabitants, then Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhabitants) and Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhabitants).

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Bars, 988 cities shown. The coloured surface estimates the local tendency from nearby ranked cities. Exact city values remain in the table. 62 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, SIRENE, stock des établissements · 2026.

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Top 50 of 1,050 cities
Rank	City	Bars / 10,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	66 Argelès-sur-Mer	34.85	10,616	Occitanie
2	62 Saint-Omer	32.68	14,382	Hauts-de-France
3	2A Porto-Vecchio	32.15	11,198	Corse
4	34 Agde	32.07	29,939	Occitanie
5	22 Dinan	29.12	14,764	Bretagne
6	29 Douarnenez	25.59	14,068	Bretagne
7	03 Vichy	25.48	25,115	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
8	24 Périgueux	25.47	29,055	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
9	2B Bastia	25.18	46,867	Corse
10	15 Aurillac	22.89	26,214	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
11	66 Canet-en-Roussillon	22.68	13,227	Occitanie
12	65 Lourdes	22.61	13,266	Occitanie
13	14 Lisieux	21.89	19,645	Normandie
14	40 Dax	21.71	22,109	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
15	44 Pornichet	21.09	12,800	Pays de la Loire
16	08 Sedan	21	16,667	Grand Est
17	76 Dieppe	20.7	28,496	Normandie
18	43 Le Puy-en-Velay	20.5	18,540	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
19	64 Biarritz	20.22	26,206	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
20	07 Aubenas	20.14	12,416	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
21	50 Granville	19.98	12,510	Normandie
22	62 Boulogne-sur-Mer	19.73	40,539	Hauts-de-France
23	13 Port-de-Bouc	18.98	15,802	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
24	59 Lille	18.97	238,246	Hauts-de-France
25	59 Cambrai	18.95	31,134	Hauts-de-France
26	64 Saint-Jean-de-Luz	18.85	14,857	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
27	76 Elbeuf	18.74	15,474	Normandie
28	76 Rouen	18.44	117,662	Normandie
29	29 Morlaix	18.43	15,194	Bretagne
30	06 Cannes	18.16	74,350	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
31	58 Nevers	17.83	33,085	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
32	84 Apt	17.75	10,143	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
33	50 Avranches	17.75	10,143	Normandie
34	62 Arras	17.73	42,875	Hauts-de-France
35	56 Lorient	17.66	58,329	Bretagne
36	88 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	17.66	19,251	Grand Est
37	51 Épernay	17.59	22,174	Grand Est
38	44 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	17.19	14,541	Pays de la Loire
39	44 La Baule-Escoublac	17.15	16,912	Pays de la Loire
40	42 Montbrison	16.75	16,123	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
41	17 Royan	16.47	19,425	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
42	49 Saumur	16.39	26,241	Pays de la Loire
43	34 Sète	16.1	45,337	Occitanie
44	29 Quimperlé	16.04	12,469	Bretagne
45	64 Bayonne	16.02	54,306	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
46	39 Lons-le-Saunier	15.65	16,618	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
47	03 Moulins	15.62	19,206	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
48	24 Bergerac	15.49	27,110	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
49	77 Fontainebleau	15.4	15,583	Île-de-France
50	55 Verdun	15.39	16,890	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.

12 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by bars?: In order: Argelès-sur-Mer, Saint-Omer, Porto-Vecchio, Agde, Dinan, Douarnenez, Vichy, Périgueux, Bastia and Aurillac.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by bars?: Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.), Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.), Agde (32.07 / 10,000 inhab.) and Dinan (29.12 / 10,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by bars?: Saint-Omer, at 32.68 / 10,000 inhab., just behind Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.).
Is Argelès-sur-Mer really the French city ranked first on bars?: Yes, at 34.85 / 10,000 inhab., ahead of Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.) and Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.).
In which département is Argelès-sur-Mer?: Argelès-sur-Mer is in département 66, in the Occitanie region.
What is the difference between Argelès-sur-Mer and Saint-Omer?: Argelès-sur-Mer is at 34.85 / 10,000 inhab., Saint-Omer at 32.68 / 10,000 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 bars?: Aurillac, at 22.89 / 10,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,050, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by bars in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Argelès-sur-Mer leads with 34.85 / 10,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by bars?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,050, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Argelès-sur-Mer (34.85 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Omer (32.68 / 10,000 inhab.), Porto-Vecchio (32.15 / 10,000 inhab.), Agde (32.07 / 10,000 inhab.), Dinan (29.12 / 10,000 inhab.), Douarnenez (25.59 / 10,000 inhab.), Vichy (25.48 / 10,000 inhab.), Périgueux (25.47 / 10,000 inhab.), Bastia (25.18 / 10,000 inhab.), Aurillac (22.89 / 10,000 inhab.).
Where does this figure come from?: Straight from INSEE, SIRENE, stock des établissements, 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 1,050 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (bars), 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 with the fewest bars per inhabitant and The French cities with the most wine shops per inhabitant, 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.