What is the best-known city in Île-de-France?

Paris, at 1,056,828, ahead of Saint-Denis (93) (293,988).

What is the least-known city in Île-de-France?

Éragny-sur-Oise, at 5,562. 266 cities of Île-de-France are measured here.

Where does Paris stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Île-de-France?

Paris (1,056,828), Saint-Denis (93) (293,988), Boulogne-Billancourt (149,624), Versailles (145,823), Neuilly-sur-Seine (135,716). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Île-de-France

Paris is the best-known city in Île-de-France, at 1,056,828, ahead of Saint-Denis (93) (293,988) and Boulogne-Billancourt (149,624). At the other end, Éragny-sur-Oise is the least-known city, at 5,562.

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The top 100 of the 266 cities of Île-de-France on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	75 Paris	1,056,828	2,103,778
2	93 Saint-Denis (93)	293,988	149,077
3	92 Boulogne-Billancourt	149,624	119,019
4	78 Versailles	145,823	84,095
5	92 Neuilly-sur-Seine	135,716	59,538
6	93 Montreuil	128,182	111,934
7	78 Saint-Germain-en-Laye	114,246	45,931
8	77 Meaux	113,613	56,905
9	77 Fontainebleau	109,735	15,583
10	93 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine	107,875	53,615
11	92 Levallois-Perret	100,279	68,092
12	94 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés	99,973	76,572
13	78 Mantes-la-Jolie	98,841	43,526
14	77 Melun	96,821	45,995
15	92 Issy-les-Moulineaux	95,810	67,669
16	77 Provins	94,931	11,632
17	94 Créteil	94,769	93,397
18	77 Nemours	88,104	12,889
19	92 Rueil-Malmaison	86,017	82,874
20	92 Clichy	83,117	64,410
21	93 Aubervilliers	81,692	88,365
22	95 Argenteuil	81,027	106,130
23	92 Suresnes	80,443	48,956
24	92 Nanterre	80,210	97,783
25	94 Ivry-sur-Seine	80,137	65,064
26	92 Clamart	78,027	58,576
27	94 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges	76,811	36,221
28	95 Sarcelles	74,719	59,173
29	92 Colombes	73,413	91,053
30	78 Poissy	70,547	40,983
31	94 Vitry-sur-Seine	70,148	93,963
32	94 Villejuif	69,038	60,183
33	95 Enghien-les-Bains	68,803	11,432
34	93 Noisy-le-Grand	68,578	72,978
35	78 Rambouillet	68,575	27,724
36	78 Maisons-Laffitte	67,550	23,093
37	92 Antony	67,378	64,263
38	92 Malakoff	67,097	30,557
39	92 Meudon	66,707	46,334
40	92 Courbevoie	66,666	82,902
41	92 Saint-Cloud	66,409	29,855
42	94 Champigny-sur-Marne	66,022	78,072
43	92 Asnières-sur-Seine	65,824	93,941
44	91 Massy	64,078	51,729
45	93 Le Blanc-Mesnil	62,666	62,376
46	92 Montrouge	61,856	46,324
47	95 Cergy	59,546	70,906
48	93 Bondy	58,611	50,595
49	94 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre	58,466	24,110
50	91 Corbeil-Essonnes	57,959	54,471
51	92 Puteaux	57,486	44,002
52	93 Pantin	57,086	61,929
53	94 Saint-Mandé	56,746	21,071
54	95 Pontoise	55,507	31,970
55	94 Nogent-sur-Marne	55,352	32,455
56	94 Fontenay-sous-Bois	55,099	53,757
57	94 L'Haÿ-les-Roses	54,357	31,188
58	93 Drancy	53,682	72,390
59	78 Conflans-Sainte-Honorine	53,624	36,958
60	78 Trappes	53,624	34,689
61	93 Les Lilas	53,488	23,843
62	94 Vincennes	52,814	48,193
63	91 Évry-Courcouronnes	52,810	66,919
64	94 Saint-Maurice	51,976	14,506
65	94 Maisons-Alfort	51,944	56,799
66	93 Bobigny	51,592	56,927
67	91 Yerres	50,154	27,906
68	93 La Courneuve	49,211	47,167
69	77 Montereau-Fault-Yonne	48,552	22,279
70	94 Joinville-le-Pont	47,535	20,525
71	93 Épinay-sur-Seine	47,424	52,833
72	92 Sèvres	47,049	22,303
73	93 Aulnay-sous-Bois	46,962	87,599
74	93 Tremblay-en-France	46,926	38,348
75	91 Étampes	46,674	26,857
76	95 Eaubonne	46,352	26,211
77	77 Coulommiers	46,110	16,374
78	78 Le Vésinet	45,850	15,554
79	95 Montmorency	45,171	21,763
80	94 Fresnes	45,074	29,528
81	95 L'Isle-Adam	44,258	12,493
82	92 Gennevilliers	44,194	50,979
83	91 Palaiseau	43,755	37,471
84	91 Longjumeau	43,666	21,996
85	77 Chelles	43,223	54,620
86	92 Châtenay-Malabry	42,380	35,825
87	91 Orsay	42,212	16,498
88	92 Bourg-la-Reine	42,185	21,019
89	94 Choisy-le-Roi	41,731	45,946
90	94 Charenton-le-Pont	41,686	28,830
91	78 Chatou	41,670	30,598
92	77 Pontault-Combault	41,118	39,096
93	91 Dourdan	40,879	11,415
94	92 Bagneux	40,864	44,572
95	93 Romainville	40,759	37,152
96	93 Bagnolet	40,582	43,086
97	95 Ermont	40,404	29,489
98	92 Le Plessis-Robinson	40,071	28,848
99	78 Sartrouville	39,298	52,763
100	95 Goussainville	39,286	31,301

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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 Île-de-France?: Paris, at 1,056,828, ahead of Saint-Denis (93) (293,988).
What is the least-known city in Île-de-France?: Éragny-sur-Oise, at 5,562. 266 cities of Île-de-France are measured here.
Where does Paris stand in France?: 1 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Île-de-France?: Paris (1,056,828), Saint-Denis (93) (293,988), Boulogne-Billancourt (149,624), Versailles (145,823), Neuilly-sur-Seine (135,716). The whole table is on this page.