What are the 10 French cities ranked by breweries?

In order: Pamiers, Mende, Saint-Chély-d'Apcher, Annonay, Aubenas, Tournon-sur-Rhône, Guilherand-Granges, Guéret, Gap and Briançon.

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

Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.), Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Annonay (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.) and Aubenas (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.).

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

Mende, at 1.57 / 10,000 inhab., just behind Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.).

Is Pamiers really the French city ranked first on breweries?

Yes, at 1.61 / 10,000 inhab., ahead of Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.).

In which département is Pamiers?

Pamiers is in département 09, in the Occitanie region.

What is the difference between Pamiers and Mende?

Pamiers is at 1.61 / 10,000 inhab., Mende at 1.57 / 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 breweries?

Briançon, at 1.46 / 10,000 inhab.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,112, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by breweries in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Pamiers leads with 1.61 / 10,000 inhab.

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

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,112, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.), Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Annonay (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Aubenas (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Tournon-sur-Rhône (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Guilherand-Granges (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Guéret (1.47 / 10,000 inhab.), Gap (1.46 / 10,000 inhab.), Briançon (1.46 / 10,000 inhab.).

Is this figure really about the city?

No: it is measured for the whole département, and every commune of that département carries the same figure. It is ranked this way because breweries is not published commune by commune, and a per-commune count would be almost entirely zeros. Read each row as "this town's département", not "this town".

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Pamiers leads on breweries, with 1.61 / 10,000 inhabitants, then Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhabitants) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhabitants).

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Breweries, 1052 cities shown. The coloured surface estimates the local tendency from nearby ranked cities. Exact city values remain in the table. 60 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.

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Top 50 of 1,112 cities
Rank	City	Breweries / 10,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	09 Pamiers	1.61	16,473	Occitanie
2	48 Mende	1.57	12,464	Occitanie
3	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	1.57	3,955	Occitanie
4	07 Annonay	1.56	17,274	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
5	07 Aubenas	1.56	12,416	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
6	07 Tournon-sur-Rhône	1.56	11,279	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
7	07 Guilherand-Granges	1.56	11,235	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
8	23 Guéret	1.47	12,955	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
9	05 Gap	1.46	41,293	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
10	05 Briançon	1.46	11,411	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
11	39 Dole	1.43	23,840	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
12	39 Lons-le-Saunier	1.43	16,618	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
13	88 Épinal	1.37	32,251	Grand Est
14	88 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	1.37	19,251	Grand Est
15	88 Gérardmer	1.37	7,581	Grand Est
16	88 Domrémy-la-Pucelle	1.37	102	Grand Est
17	73 Chambéry	1.23	59,964	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
18	73 Aix-les-Bains	1.23	32,406	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
19	73 Albertville	1.23	19,978	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
20	73 La Motte-Servolex	1.23	12,067	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
21	73 Courchevel	1.23	2,290	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
22	73 Tignes	1.23	1,919	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
23	73 Val-d'Isère	1.23	1,567	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
24	70 Vesoul	1.11	15,078	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
25	70 Héricourt	1.11	10,621	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
26	25 Besançon	1.06	118,489	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
27	25 Montbéliard	1.06	24,672	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
28	25 Pontarlier	1.06	18,067	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
29	25 Audincourt	1.06	14,071	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
30	25 Valentigney	1.06	10,501	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
31	12 Rodez	1.04	23,981	Occitanie
32	12 Millau	1.04	22,044	Occitanie
33	12 Onet-le-Château	1.04	12,080	Occitanie
34	12 Villefranche-de-Rouergue	1.04	11,271	Occitanie
35	12 Najac	1.04	771	Occitanie
36	46 Cahors	1.02	20,050	Occitanie
37	46 Rocamadour	1.02	597	Occitanie
38	04 Manosque	1.01	22,718	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
39	04 Digne-les-Bains	1.01	17,979	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
40	04 Barcelonnette	1.01	2,518	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
41	24 Périgueux	0.98	29,055	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
42	24 Bergerac	0.98	27,110	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
43	24 Boulazac Isle Manoire	0.98	10,759	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
44	24 Sarlat-la-Canéda	0.98	8,763	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
45	24 Domme	0.98	906	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
46	11 Narbonne	0.95	57,587	Occitanie
47	11 Carcassonne	0.95	46,080	Occitanie
48	11 Castelnaudary	0.95	12,151	Occitanie
49	11 Limoux	0.95	10,532	Occitanie
50	11 Lézignan-Corbières	0.95	10,343	Occitanie

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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.

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 breweries?: In order: Pamiers, Mende, Saint-Chély-d'Apcher, Annonay, Aubenas, Tournon-sur-Rhône, Guilherand-Granges, Guéret, Gap and Briançon.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by breweries?: Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.), Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Annonay (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.) and Aubenas (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by breweries?: Mende, at 1.57 / 10,000 inhab., just behind Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.).
Is Pamiers really the French city ranked first on breweries?: Yes, at 1.61 / 10,000 inhab., ahead of Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.).
In which département is Pamiers?: Pamiers is in département 09, in the Occitanie region.
What is the difference between Pamiers and Mende?: Pamiers is at 1.61 / 10,000 inhab., Mende at 1.57 / 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 breweries?: Briançon, at 1.46 / 10,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,112, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by breweries in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Pamiers leads with 1.61 / 10,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by breweries?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,112, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Pamiers (1.61 / 10,000 inhab.), Mende (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1.57 / 10,000 inhab.), Annonay (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Aubenas (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Tournon-sur-Rhône (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Guilherand-Granges (1.56 / 10,000 inhab.), Guéret (1.47 / 10,000 inhab.), Gap (1.46 / 10,000 inhab.), Briançon (1.46 / 10,000 inhab.).
Is this figure really about the city?: No: it is measured for the whole département, and every commune of that département carries the same figure. It is ranked this way because breweries is not published commune by commune, and a per-commune count would be almost entirely zeros. Read each row as "this town's département", not "this town".

The table below ranks the top 50 of the 1,112 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (breweries), 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 breweries (by département) and The French cities with the most vineyards (by département), 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.