What is the highest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Guéret, at 488 m, ahead of Oloron-Sainte-Marie (391 m).

What is the lowest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Parempuyre, at 4 m. 81 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine are measured here.

Where does Guéret stand in France?

58 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?

Guéret (488 m), Oloron-Sainte-Marie (391 m), Couzeix (366 m), Tulle (315 m), Limoges (313 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Guéret is the highest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, at 488 m, ahead of Oloron-Sainte-Marie (391 m) and Couzeix (366 m). At the other end, Parempuyre is the lowest city, at 4 m.

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The 81 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	23 Guéret	488 m	12,955
2	64 Oloron-Sainte-Marie	391 m	10,684
3	87 Couzeix	366 m	10,195
4	19 Tulle	315 m	13,401
5	87 Limoges	313 m	129,937
6	87 Panazol	295 m	11,342
7	87 Oradour-sur-Glane	268 m	2,550
8	87 Saint-Junien	241 m	11,415
9	64 Pau	211 m	80,441
10	24 Sarlat-la-Canéda	207 m	8,763
11	64 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	199 m	1,479
12	24 Domme	191 m	906
13	64 Lons	185 m	13,606
14	64 Billère	183 m	14,384
15	79 Bressuire	175 m	19,970
16	19 Brive-la-Gaillarde	167 m	47,095
17	79 Parthenay	159 m	10,140
18	24 Boulazac Isle Manoire	137 m	10,759
19	64 Urrugne	119 m	10,661
20	16 Soyaux	118 m	10,087
21	86 Poitiers	111 m	89,916
22	24 Périgueux	110 m	29,055
23	86 Buxerolles	105 m	10,289
24	47 Villeneuve-sur-Lot	102 m	22,350
25	64 Orthez	95 m	10,881
26	79 Thouars	85 m	13,891
27	40 Saint-Pierre-du-Mont	79 m	10,092
28	86 Châtellerault	77 m	31,003
29	47 Agen	65 m	32,801
30	16 Angoulême	61 m	41,908
31	40 Mont-de-Marsan	58 m	31,592
32	33 Cestas	58 m	16,666
33	24 Bergerac	50 m	27,110
34	33 Léognan	49 m	10,670
35	64 Biarritz	47 m	26,206
36	33 Cenon	46 m	26,834
37	33 Pessac	45 m	67,339
38	47 Marmande	43 m	17,328
39	33 Mérignac	42 m	78,090
40	33 Lormont	39 m	25,769
41	33 Saint-Médard-en-Jalles	38 m	32,910
42	33 Floirac	38 m	18,300
43	33 Saint-Émilion	38 m	1,608
44	33 Le Haillan	35 m	11,392
45	33 Mios	34 m	12,043
46	64 Guéthary	34 m	1,306
47	79 Niort	33 m	59,854
48	33 Gradignan	32 m	26,952
49	17 Saintes	32 m	25,363
50	64 Hendaye	32 m	18,102
51	64 Saint-Jean-de-Luz	31 m	14,857
52	40 Saint-Paul-lès-Dax	30 m	14,481
53	40 Biscarrosse	29 m	15,836
54	33 Saint-André-de-Cubzac	28 m	12,626
55	33 La Teste-de-Buch	26 m	27,566
56	33 Le Taillan-Médoc	26 m	11,073
57	64 Anglet	25 m	43,271
58	33 Eysines	24 m	24,825
59	16 Cognac	22 m	18,532
60	33 Biganos	22 m	11,431
61	33 Talence	21 m	46,338
62	40 Tarnos	18 m	12,957
63	64 Bayonne	17 m	54,306
64	33 Saint-Loubès	16 m	10,027
65	33 Le Bouscat	15 m	25,081
66	33 Gujan-Mestras	15 m	22,153
67	33 Villenave-d'Ornon	14 m	42,545
68	40 Dax	14 m	22,109
69	17 Royan	14 m	19,425
70	33 Andernos-les-Bains	14 m	12,710
71	33 Arcachon	14 m	11,092
72	33 Blanquefort	13 m	17,215
73	40 Soorts-Hossegor	11 m	3,817
74	33 Libourne	10 m	25,036
75	33 Bordeaux	9 m	267,991
76	17 La Rochelle	9 m	79,851
77	33 Ambarès-et-Lagrave	9 m	17,644
78	33 Bègles	7 m	31,831
79	33 Bruges	6 m	20,020
80	17 Rochefort	5 m	23,460
81	33 Parempuyre	4 m	10,672

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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 highest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Guéret, at 488 m, ahead of Oloron-Sainte-Marie (391 m).
What is the lowest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Parempuyre, at 4 m. 81 cities of Nouvelle-Aquitaine are measured here.
Where does Guéret stand in France?: 58 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nouvelle-Aquitaine?: Guéret (488 m), Oloron-Sainte-Marie (391 m), Couzeix (366 m), Tulle (315 m), Limoges (313 m). The whole table is on this page.