What is the busiest station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Lyon, at 55,563,984, ahead of Grenoble (8,776,384).

What is the quietest station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Chamalières, at 5,871. 67 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are measured here.

Where does Lyon stand in France?

3 of the 599 French cities measured on train station. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

Lyon (55,563,984), Grenoble (8,776,384), Clermont-Ferrand (5,308,190), Chambéry (5,105,918), Saint-Étienne (4,708,013). The whole table is on this page.

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The busiest railway stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lyon is the busiest station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, at 55,563,984, ahead of Grenoble (8,776,384) and Clermont-Ferrand (5,308,190). At the other end, Chamalières is the quietest station, at 5,871.

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The 67 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ranked on train station
Rank	City	Train station	Population
1	69 Lyon	55,563,984	519,127
2	38 Grenoble	8,776,384	156,140
3	63 Clermont-Ferrand	5,308,190	146,351
4	73 Chambéry	5,105,918	59,964
5	42 Saint-Étienne	4,708,013	173,136
6	74 Annecy	3,270,248	132,117
7	26 Valence	2,917,986	64,458
8	69 Villefranche-sur-Saône	2,829,718	36,172
9	38 Vienne	2,407,721	31,778
10	38 Bourgoin-Jallieu	2,123,008	30,151
11	01 Bourg-en-Bresse	2,062,701	42,372
12	73 Aix-les-Bains	1,871,354	32,406
13	74 Annemasse	1,785,835	37,628
14	01 Valserhône	1,769,256	16,712
15	38 Voiron	1,651,235	21,847
16	01 Ambérieu-en-Bugey	1,527,121	15,934
17	03 Vichy	1,493,202	25,115
18	63 Riom	1,318,440	18,820
19	69 Belleville-en-Beaujolais	1,163,935	14,016
20	69 Givors	1,099,929	21,379
21	42 Roanne	1,092,027	35,409
22	26 Montélimar	1,053,025	40,595
23	03 Moulins	847,526	19,206
24	74 Thonon-les-Bains	827,935	37,928
25	42 Rive-de-Gier	800,997	15,242
26	42 Saint-Chamond	753,515	35,646
27	74 Rumilly	734,537	16,442
28	69 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune	702,915	23,200
29	74 La Roche-sur-Foron	672,835	11,348
30	69 Tarare	640,592	10,893
31	74 Cluses	633,653	17,795
32	63 Issoire	585,807	15,115
33	01 Miribel	537,832	10,395
34	38 Échirolles	534,520	37,491
35	26 Romans-sur-Isère	518,190	33,464
36	69 Feyzin	497,812	10,304
37	74 Sallanches	391,614	17,319
38	74 Bonneville	390,001	13,335
39	73 Albertville	374,004	19,978
40	38 L'Isle-d'Abeau	356,731	17,515
41	26 Pierrelatte	328,901	13,756
42	43 Le Puy-en-Velay	324,052	18,540
43	69 Brignais	304,911	12,503
44	74 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc	292,537	8,705
45	03 Montluçon	275,139	33,147
46	74 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	270,947	16,222
47	42 Firminy	253,070	17,060
48	69 Saint-Priest	251,175	49,229
49	69 Vénissieux	222,965	65,502
50	15 Aurillac	204,937	26,214
51	69 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite	202,607	38,168
52	69 Saint-Fons	156,636	19,285
53	42 Montbrison	153,176	16,123
54	01 Oyonnax	136,792	22,480
55	69 Grigny-sur-Rhône	129,010	10,030
56	63 Pont-du-Château	125,488	12,412
57	69 Francheville	90,604	15,604
58	63 Cournon-d'Auvergne	85,420	19,951
59	38 Saint-Égrève	84,142	17,986
60	42 Andrézieux-Bouthéon	81,106	10,425
61	63 Thiers	49,614	11,637
62	69 Rillieux-la-Pape	47,798	31,389
63	63 Gerzat	45,834	10,335
64	42 Le Chambon-Feugerolles	38,271	12,314
65	74 Passy	30,425	10,856
66	38 Le Pont-de-Claix	9,187	10,956
67	63 Chamalières	5,871	17,509

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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 metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong 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.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the busiest station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: Lyon, at 55,563,984, ahead of Grenoble (8,776,384).
What is the quietest station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: Chamalières, at 5,871. 67 cities of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are measured here.
Where does Lyon stand in France?: 3 of the 599 French cities measured on train station. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?: Lyon (55,563,984), Grenoble (8,776,384), Clermont-Ferrand (5,308,190), Chambéry (5,105,918), Saint-Étienne (4,708,013). The whole table is on this page.