What is the most densely populated city in Grand Est?

Nancy, at 6,938 inhab./km², ahead of Mulhouse (4,686 inhab./km²).

What is the least densely populated city in Grand Est?

Colombey les Deux Églises, at 8 inhab./km². 76 cities of Grand Est are measured here.

Where does Nancy stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Grand Est?

Nancy (6,938 inhab./km²), Mulhouse (4,686 inhab./km²), Troyes (4,670 inhab./km²), Schiltigheim (4,561 inhab./km²), Bischheim (4,202 inhab./km²). The whole table is on this page.

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The most densely populated cities in Grand Est

Nancy is the most densely populated city in Grand Est, at 6,938 inhab./km², ahead of Mulhouse (4,686 inhab./km²) and Troyes (4,670 inhab./km²). At the other end, Colombey les Deux Églises is the least densely populated city, at 8 inhab./km².

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The 76 cities of Grand Est ranked on density
Rank	City	Density	Population
1	54 Nancy	6,938 inhab./km²	103,671
2	68 Mulhouse	4,686 inhab./km²	104,978
3	10 Troyes	4,670 inhab./km²	62,088
4	67 Schiltigheim	4,561 inhab./km²	34,708
5	67 Bischheim	4,202 inhab./km²	18,558
6	51 Reims	3,795 inhab./km²	177,674
7	67 Strasbourg	3,756 inhab./km²	293,771
8	67 Lingolsheim	3,657 inhab./km²	20,826
9	67 Hœnheim	3,450 inhab./km²	11,742
10	57 Montigny-lès-Metz	3,249 inhab./km²	21,718
11	54 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy	3,165 inhab./km²	29,942
12	57 Stiring-Wendel	3,046 inhab./km²	10,956
13	57 Metz	2,935 inhab./km²	122,572
14	54 Longwy	2,877 inhab./km²	15,679
15	51 Tinqueux	2,574 inhab./km²	10,771
16	10 Saint-André-les-Vergers	2,220 inhab./km²	12,806
17	68 Illzach	2,000 inhab./km²	14,923
18	68 Kingersheim	1,999 inhab./km²	13,354
19	68 Pfastatt	1,970 inhab./km²	10,314
20	67 Ostwald	1,960 inhab./km²	13,946
21	54 Maxéville	1,784 inhab./km²	10,090
22	68 Riedisheim	1,765 inhab./km²	12,200
23	51 Vitry-le-François	1,726 inhab./km²	10,996
24	51 Châlons-en-Champagne	1,652 inhab./km²	42,971
25	54 Villerupt	1,566 inhab./km²	10,102
26	54 Villers-lès-Nancy	1,481 inhab./km²	14,718
27	57 Freyming-Merlebach	1,462 inhab./km²	13,266
28	08 Charleville-Mézières	1,439 inhab./km²	45,560
29	10 Sainte-Savine	1,355 inhab./km²	10,289
30	68 Saint-Louis (68)	1,328 inhab./km²	22,805
31	57 Maizières-lès-Metz	1,312 inhab./km²	11,580
32	57 Hayange	1,298 inhab./km²	15,806
33	67 Illkirch-Graffenstaden	1,257 inhab./km²	27,872
34	57 Forbach	1,246 inhab./km²	20,493
35	57 Yutz	1,246 inhab./km²	17,391
36	10 La Chapelle-Saint-Luc	1,203 inhab./km²	12,648
37	68 Guebwiller	1,168 inhab./km²	11,243
38	57 Fameck	1,158 inhab./km²	14,788
39	54 Lunéville	1,102 inhab./km²	18,262
40	57 Amnéville	1,073 inhab./km²	10,875
41	57 Woippy	1,026 inhab./km²	14,967
42	08 Sedan	1,024 inhab./km²	16,667
43	68 Colmar	1,007 inhab./km²	66,970
44	51 Épernay	974 inhab./km²	22,174
45	57 Marly (57)	957 inhab./km²	10,286
46	54 Laxou	926 inhab./km²	14,771
47	57 Florange	915 inhab./km²	12,035
48	57 Thionville	857 inhab./km²	42,658
49	68 Wittenheim	816 inhab./km²	15,553
50	68 Rixheim	732 inhab./km²	14,380
51	57 Sarrebourg	730 inhab./km²	12,170
52	67 Bischwiller	712 inhab./km²	12,242
53	57 Sarreguemines	678 inhab./km²	20,143
54	68 Cernay	668 inhab./km²	12,057
55	54 Pont-à-Mousson	658 inhab./km²	14,190
56	55 Bar-le-Duc	615 inhab./km²	14,607
57	10 Romilly-sur-Seine	588 inhab./km²	14,959
58	88 Épinal	544 inhab./km²	32,251
59	55 Verdun	532 inhab./km²	16,890
60	54 Toul	511 inhab./km²	15,768
61	67 Obernai	490 inhab./km²	12,587
62	52 Saint-Dizier	471 inhab./km²	22,858
63	57 Creutzwald	458 inhab./km²	12,254
64	68 Wittelsheim	452 inhab./km²	10,645
65	67 Saverne	435 inhab./km²	11,460
66	57 Saint-Avold	417 inhab./km²	14,755
67	88 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	416 inhab./km²	19,251
68	67 Sélestat	414 inhab./km²	19,589
69	52 Chaumont	378 inhab./km²	20,827
70	67 Brumath	335 inhab./km²	10,499
71	67 Erstein	296 inhab./km²	10,790
72	67 Haguenau	198 inhab./km²	36,391
73	88 Gérardmer	136 inhab./km²	7,581
74	68 Riquewihr	59 inhab./km²	999
75	88 Domrémy-la-Pucelle	11 inhab./km²	102
76	52 Colombey les Deux Églises	8 inhab./km²	661

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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 most densely populated city in Grand Est?: Nancy, at 6,938 inhab./km², ahead of Mulhouse (4,686 inhab./km²).
What is the least densely populated city in Grand Est?: Colombey les Deux Églises, at 8 inhab./km². 76 cities of Grand Est are measured here.
Where does Nancy stand in France?: 82 of the 1,131 French cities measured on density. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Grand Est?: Nancy (6,938 inhab./km²), Mulhouse (4,686 inhab./km²), Troyes (4,670 inhab./km²), Schiltigheim (4,561 inhab./km²), Bischheim (4,202 inhab./km²). The whole table is on this page.