What is the best-known city in Bretagne?

Rennes, at 287,587, ahead of Saint-Malo (196,183).

What is the least-known city in Bretagne?

Chantepie, at 9,443. 42 cities of Bretagne are measured here.

Where does Rennes stand in France?

14 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Bretagne?

Rennes (287,587), Saint-Malo (196,183), Brest (194,008), Quimper (158,355), Vannes (158,130). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Bretagne

Rennes is the best-known city in Bretagne, at 287,587, ahead of Saint-Malo (196,183) and Brest (194,008). At the other end, Chantepie is the least-known city, at 9,443.

The 42 cities of Bretagne ranked on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	35 Rennes	287,587	230,890
2	35 Saint-Malo	196,183	47,439
3	29 Brest	194,008	142,346
4	29 Quimper	158,355	64,385
5	56 Vannes	158,130	55,790
6	56 Lorient	156,952	58,329
7	22 Saint-Brieuc	126,700	44,364
8	22 Dinan	116,336	14,764
9	29 Concarneau	91,985	20,845
10	29 Morlaix	86,918	15,194
11	35 Fougères	85,882	20,307
12	29 Douarnenez	80,786	14,068
13	35 Dinard	75,256	10,772
14	22 Lannion	68,615	20,315
15	35 Vitré	68,177	19,365
16	56 Quiberon	55,115	4,876
17	56 Pontivy	54,790	14,640
18	29 Landerneau	53,258	16,363
19	56 Auray	51,548	14,207
20	35 Cancale	47,543	5,672
21	29 Quimperlé	47,423	12,469
22	56 Ploërmel	44,658	10,163
23	56 Ploemeur	29,057	18,872
24	56 Hennebont	28,037	15,910
25	29 Guipavas	27,747	15,538
26	22 Lamballe-Armor	26,875	17,241
27	35 Cesson-Sévigné	26,609	18,761
28	29 Fouesnant	25,848	10,436
29	35 Bruz	25,770	19,683
30	29 Plougastel-Daoulas	24,880	13,434
31	56 Guidel	22,255	12,338
32	56 Lanester	21,413	23,263
33	35 Châteaugiron	19,396	10,845
34	35 Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande	16,616	13,800
35	22 Plérin	14,388	14,425
36	29 Plouzané	14,196	13,567
37	29 Le Relecq-Kerhuon	13,777	11,897
38	35 Pacé	13,260	11,703
39	35 Betton	12,794	12,964
40	56 Saint-Avé	9,992	12,470
41	22 Ploufragan	9,742	11,507
42	35 Chantepie	9,443	10,670

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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.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the best-known city in Bretagne?: Rennes, at 287,587, ahead of Saint-Malo (196,183).
What is the least-known city in Bretagne?: Chantepie, at 9,443. 42 cities of Bretagne are measured here.
Where does Rennes stand in France?: 14 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Bretagne?: Rennes (287,587), Saint-Malo (196,183), Brest (194,008), Quimper (158,355), Vannes (158,130). The whole table is on this page.