⛰️ The highest cities in France

The highest commune in France is Val-d'Isère, at a mean altitude of 2,583 m, ahead of Tignes (2,465 m) and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (2,445 m).

What are the 10 highest cities in France?

In order: Val-d'Isère, Tignes, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Courchevel, Cauterets, La Clusaz, Briançon, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Morzine and Passy.

What is the top 5 of highest cities in France?

Val-d'Isère (2,583 m), Tignes (2,465 m), Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (2,445 m), Courchevel (2,026 m) and Cauterets (1,941 m).

Which city is 2nd in the ranking of highest cities in France?

Tignes, at 2,465 m, just behind Val-d'Isère (2,583 m).

Is Val-d'Isère really the highest city in France?

Yes, at 2,583 m, ahead of Tignes (2,465 m) and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (2,445 m).

In which département is Val-d'Isère?

Val-d'Isère is in département 73, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

What is the difference between Val-d'Isère and Tignes?

Val-d'Isère is at 2,583 m, Tignes at 2,465 m. The table gives the same figure for all 100 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.

Which city is 10th in the ranking of highest cities in France?

Passy, at 1,517 m.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,111, with the top 100 listed in full in the table below.

What are the highest cities in France in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Val-d'Isère leads with 2,583 m.

Is there a complete ranking of highest cities in France?

Yes, the table below: the top 100 of 1,111, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

Is Briançon the highest city in France?

Briançon is the highest city in France above 10,000 inhabitants, which is the claim it is famous for and it holds. Several resort communes rank above it here because this ranking sorts on mean altitude across the whole commune, and theirs reach far up the mountain.

What is the altitude of Val-d'Isère?

2,583 m, as a mean over the commune's territory rather than the height of its church square, which is the figure a town hall usually quotes.

Which is the highest ski resort in France?

The resort communes at the head of this table, in Savoie and the Hautes-Alpes, are the highest inhabited communes in the country: Val-d'Isère (2,583 m), Tignes (2,465 m), Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (2,445 m), Courchevel (2,026 m) and Cauterets (1,941 m).

The table below ranks the top 100 of the 1,111 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (altitude), 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 northernmost cities in France and The southernmost 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.