What is the busiest station in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Bordeaux, at 23,059,619, ahead of Poitiers (3,850,352).

What is the quietest station in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Villenave-d'Ornon, at 13,573. 53 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine are measured here.

Where does Bordeaux stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Bordeaux (23,059,619), Poitiers (3,850,352), La Rochelle (3,235,934), Angoulême (2,341,350), Limoges (2,050,882). The whole table is on this page.

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The busiest railway stations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bordeaux is the busiest station in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, at 23,059,619, ahead of Poitiers (3,850,352) and La Rochelle (3,235,934). At the other end, Villenave-d'Ornon is the quietest station, at 13,573.

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The 53 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ranked on train station
Rank	City	Train station	Population
1	33 Bordeaux	23,059,619	267,991
2	86 Poitiers	3,850,352	89,916
3	17 La Rochelle	3,235,934	79,851
4	16 Angoulême	2,341,350	41,908
5	87 Limoges	2,050,882	129,937
6	33 Libourne	1,942,950	25,036
7	47 Agen	1,706,718	32,801
8	64 Bayonne	1,686,266	54,306
9	33 Pessac	1,632,393	67,339
10	64 Pau	1,492,680	80,441
11	79 Niort	1,394,556	59,854
12	40 Dax	1,366,366	22,109
13	33 Arcachon	1,295,083	11,092
14	19 Brive-la-Gaillarde	1,269,198	47,095
15	33 Biganos	1,250,870	11,431
16	24 Périgueux	1,219,545	29,055
17	33 Cenon	1,097,085	26,834
18	64 Biarritz	895,222	26,206
19	17 Saintes	801,302	25,363
20	33 Saint-André-de-Cubzac	728,895	12,626
21	17 Rochefort	709,451	23,460
22	86 Châtellerault	685,948	31,003
23	33 Gujan-Mestras	676,695	22,153
24	47 Marmande	651,852	17,328
25	64 Hendaye	629,085	18,102
26	64 Saint-Jean-de-Luz	615,843	14,857
27	40 Mont-de-Marsan	485,290	31,592
28	24 Bergerac	456,979	27,110
29	33 Cestas	441,758	16,666
30	33 La Teste-de-Buch	425,847	27,566
31	64 Orthez	332,840	10,881
32	17 Royan	308,109	19,425
33	19 Tulle	198,358	13,401
34	16 Cognac	190,237	18,532
35	33 Saint-Loubès	186,164	10,027
36	33 Ambarès-et-Lagrave	178,672	17,644
37	33 Saint-Émilion	162,603	1,608
38	33 Blanquefort	150,457	17,215
39	64 Oloron-Sainte-Marie	144,730	10,684
40	33 Mérignac	126,877	78,090
41	23 Guéret	88,359	12,955
42	64 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	84,014	1,479
43	24 Sarlat-la-Canéda	82,527	8,763
44	33 Bègles	63,510	31,831
45	33 Parempuyre	55,602	10,672
46	64 Guéthary	55,069	1,306
47	24 Boulazac Isle Manoire	45,696	10,759
48	87 Saint-Junien	35,397	11,415
49	79 Thouars	32,916	13,891
50	33 Bruges	32,557	20,020
51	33 Le Bouscat	29,418	25,081
52	79 Bressuire	20,062	19,970
53	33 Villenave-d'Ornon	13,573	42,545

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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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Bordeaux, at 23,059,619, ahead of Poitiers (3,850,352).
What is the quietest station in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Villenave-d'Ornon, at 13,573. 53 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine are measured here.
Where does Bordeaux stand in France?: 16 of the 599 French cities measured on train station. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Bordeaux (23,059,619), Poitiers (3,850,352), La Rochelle (3,235,934), Angoulême (2,341,350), Limoges (2,050,882). The whole table is on this page.