What is the best-known city in Centre-Val de Loire?

Tours, at 298,562, ahead of Orléans (218,846).

What is the least-known city in Centre-Val de Loire?

Ingré, at 6,016. 37 cities of Centre-Val de Loire are measured here.

Where does Tours stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Centre-Val de Loire?

Tours (298,562), Orléans (218,846), Bourges (205,208), Chartres (157,905), Blois (127,449). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Centre-Val de Loire

Tours is the best-known city in Centre-Val de Loire, at 298,562, ahead of Orléans (218,846) and Bourges (205,208). At the other end, Ingré is the least-known city, at 6,016.

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The 37 cities of Centre-Val de Loire ranked on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	37 Tours	298,562	139,259
2	45 Orléans	218,846	116,357
3	18 Bourges	205,208	64,186
4	28 Chartres	157,905	38,324
5	41 Blois	127,449	47,219
6	36 Châteauroux	119,932	42,963
7	18 Vierzon	106,665	25,068
8	45 Montargis	93,828	14,825
9	28 Dreux	86,228	31,543
10	41 Vendôme	75,831	15,758
11	37 Chinon	72,907	8,144
12	41 Romorantin-Lanthenay	66,273	18,373
13	37 Amboise	62,868	12,937
14	36 Issoudun	55,332	11,159
15	45 Gien	54,484	13,459
16	28 Châteaudun	53,053	12,830
17	37 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	28,939	15,898
18	37 Chambray-lès-Tours	22,805	12,720
19	37 Joué-lès-Tours	20,759	38,423
20	37 Montlouis-sur-Loire	20,433	11,335
21	45 Saint-Jean-de-Braye	17,268	23,147
22	45 Amilly	17,226	13,582
23	41 Chambord	15,751	102
24	45 La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin	15,538	11,017
25	45 Fleury-les-Aubrais	14,790	21,804
26	45 Olivet	14,679	23,507
27	37 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	14,288	17,029
28	45 Saran	14,264	17,316
29	37 Saint-Avertin	11,673	14,999
30	28 Lucé	10,604	15,921
31	45 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle	9,898	16,768
32	45 Châlette-sur-Loing	9,855	12,677
33	37 Fondettes	9,727	10,954
34	37 La Riche	9,354	10,487
35	28 Mainvilliers	8,072	10,629
36	28 Vernouillet	6,966	12,310
37	45 Ingré	6,016	10,062

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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.

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What is the best-known city in Centre-Val de Loire?: Tours, at 298,562, ahead of Orléans (218,846).
What is the least-known city in Centre-Val de Loire?: Ingré, at 6,016. 37 cities of Centre-Val de Loire are measured here.
Where does Tours stand in France?: 10 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Centre-Val de Loire?: Tours (298,562), Orléans (218,846), Bourges (205,208), Chartres (157,905), Blois (127,449). The whole table is on this page.