What is the largest city of Occitanie?

Toulouse, with 514,819 inhabitants, ahead of Montpellier (310,240).

How many cities does Occitanie have?

81 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Occitanie has far more communes than that.

Which city of Occitanie is the densest?

Montpellier, at 5,434 inhab./km², against 663 inhab./km² for the cities of Occitanie taken together.

Which departments make up Occitanie?

Ariège (09), Aude (11), Aveyron (12), Gard (30), Haute-Garonne (31), Gers (32), Hérault (34), Lot (46), Lozère (48), Hautes-Pyrénées (65), Pyrénées-Orientales (66), Tarn (81), Tarn-et-Garonne (82). Each has its own page here.

Which cities are in Occitanie?

Toulouse (514,819), Montpellier (310,240), Nîmes (151,839), Perpignan (121,616), Béziers (81,545), Montauban (62,945), Narbonne (57,587), Albi (51,290), Alès (46,125), Carcassonne (46,080). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of the Occitanie region

Occitanie carries 81 cities in this dataset, 2,548,224 inhabitants between them. The largest is Toulouse (514,819), the smallest Rocamadour (597).

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Cities81
Inhabitants2,548,224
Departments13
DensestMontpellier5,434 inhab./km²
Largest areaNarbonne174.8 km²

The 81 cities of Occitanie, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	31 Toulouse	514,819	4,361	118.1
2	34 Montpellier	310,240	5,434	57.1
3	30 Nîmes	151,839	942	161.2
4	66 Perpignan	121,616	1,789	68
5	34 Béziers	81,545	851	95.8
6	82 Montauban	62,945	463	135.9
7	11 Narbonne	57,587	330	174.8
8	81 Albi	51,290	1,141	45
9	30 Alès	46,125	1,981	23.3
10	11 Carcassonne	46,080	707	65.1
11	34 Sète	45,337	1,117	40.6
12	65 Tarbes	44,399	2,894	15.3
13	81 Castres	42,505	432	98.5
14	31 Colomiers	40,882	1,943	21
15	31 Tournefeuille	30,168	1,655	18.2
16	34 Agde	29,939	596	50.2
17	31 Blagnac	27,604	1,603	17.2
18	34 Lunel	26,623	1,101	24.2
19	31 Muret	26,079	447	58.4
20	34 Castelnau-le-Lez	26,058	2,346	11.1
21	34 Frontignan	24,136	603	40
22	12 Rodez	23,981	2,129	11.3
23	32 Auch	22,428	305	73.4
24	12 Millau	22,044	129	170.2
25	31 Plaisance-du-Touch	21,079	787	26.8
26	31 Cugnaux	20,662	1,583	13.1
27	46 Cahors	20,050	309	64.9
28	30 Bagnols-sur-Cèze	18,112	580	31.2
29	31 Balma	17,772	1,064	16.7
30	34 Lattes	17,351	538	32.2
31	34 Mauguio	16,522	215	76.9
32	09 Pamiers	16,473	356	46.3
33	81 Gaillac	16,162	317	50.9
34	30 Beaucaire	15,692	181	86.5
35	31 Castanet-Tolosan	15,317	1,858	8.2
36	31 Ramonville-Saint-Agne	15,158	2,344	6.5
37	30 Saint-Gilles	14,734	97	152.2
38	31 Saint-Orens-de-Gameville	14,646	1,118	13.1
39	82 Castelsarrasin	14,343	187	76.7
40	34 Juvignac	14,055	1,289	10.9
41	82 Moissac	13,419	156	85.9
42	34 Saint-Jean-de-Védas	13,328	1,013	13.2
43	65 Lourdes	13,266	359	36.9
44	66 Canet-en-Roussillon	13,227	440	30.1
45	30 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	13,148	723	18.2
46	81 Graulhet	13,129	229	57.4
47	31 Fonsorbes	12,954	666	19.5
48	34 Mèze	12,669	265	47.7
49	31 L'Union	12,638	1,834	6.9
50	48 Mende	12,464	338	36.9
51	11 Castelnaudary	12,151	254	47.8
52	31 Saint-Gaudens	12,139	437	27.8
53	12 Onet-le-Château	12,080	301	40.2
54	66 Saint-Cyprien	12,068	765	15.8
55	30 Vauvert	11,671	106	110.6
56	66 Saint-Estève	11,630	993	11.7
57	66 Pia	11,615	866	13.4
58	12 Villefranche-de-Rouergue	11,271	246	45.8
59	31 Castelginest	11,271	1,376	8.2
60	31 Saint-Jean	11,261	1,870	6
61	31 Villeneuve-Tolosane	11,044	2,173	5.1
62	81 Lavaur	10,965	173	63.3
63	30 Pont-Saint-Esprit	10,958	585	18.7
64	34 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	10,872	349	31.2
65	66 Argelès-sur-Mer	10,616	181	58.8
66	31 Seysses	10,539	416	25.3
67	11 Limoux	10,532	324	32.5
68	34 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc	10,472	632	16.6
69	66 Cabestany	10,465	988	10.6
70	31 Auterive	10,456	280	37.3
71	11 Lézignan-Corbières	10,343	271	38.2
72	81 Mazamet	10,085	138	73
73	30 Aigues-Mortes	8,699	151	57.7
74	30 Uzès	8,519	335	25.4
75	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	3,955	140	28.2
76	66 Collioure	2,756	229	12
77	31 Bagnères-de-Luchon	2,076	40	52.2
78	81 Cordes-sur-Ciel	879	104	8.4
79	65 Cauterets	829	5	158.1
80	12 Najac	771	14	54.1
81	46 Rocamadour	597	12	49.4

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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 largest city of Occitanie?: Toulouse, with 514,819 inhabitants, ahead of Montpellier (310,240).
How many cities does Occitanie have?: 81 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Occitanie has far more communes than that.
Which city of Occitanie is the densest?: Montpellier, at 5,434 inhab./km², against 663 inhab./km² for the cities of Occitanie taken together.
Which departments make up Occitanie?: Ariège (09), Aude (11), Aveyron (12), Gard (30), Haute-Garonne (31), Gers (32), Hérault (34), Lot (46), Lozère (48), Hautes-Pyrénées (65), Pyrénées-Orientales (66), Tarn (81), Tarn-et-Garonne (82). Each has its own page here.
Which cities are in Occitanie?: Toulouse (514,819), Montpellier (310,240), Nîmes (151,839), Perpignan (121,616), Béziers (81,545), Montauban (62,945), Narbonne (57,587), Albi (51,290), Alès (46,125), Carcassonne (46,080). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.