What is the best-known city in Occitanie?

Toulouse, at 489,489, ahead of Montpellier (323,918).

What is the least-known city in Occitanie?

Villeneuve-Tolosane, at 7,250. 81 cities of Occitanie are measured here.

Where does Toulouse stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Occitanie?

Toulouse (489,489), Montpellier (323,918), Carcassonne (206,655), Perpignan (192,598), Béziers (192,492). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Occitanie

Toulouse is the best-known city in Occitanie, at 489,489, ahead of Montpellier (323,918) and Carcassonne (206,655). At the other end, Villeneuve-Tolosane is the least-known city, at 7,250.

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The 81 cities of Occitanie ranked on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	31 Toulouse	489,489	514,819
2	34 Montpellier	323,918	310,240
3	11 Carcassonne	206,655	46,080
4	66 Perpignan	192,598	121,616
5	34 Béziers	192,492	81,545
6	30 Nîmes	181,121	151,839
7	82 Montauban	180,502	62,945
8	12 Rodez	176,425	23,981
9	11 Narbonne	172,722	57,587
10	81 Albi	168,082	51,290
11	34 Sète	145,672	45,337
12	65 Tarbes	124,752	44,399
13	30 Alès	120,870	46,125
14	32 Auch	117,255	22,428
15	46 Cahors	114,576	20,050
16	65 Lourdes	111,304	13,266
17	48 Mende	109,636	12,464
18	81 Castres	108,897	42,505
19	12 Millau	97,654	22,044
20	30 Uzès	97,104	8,519
21	46 Rocamadour	96,547	597
22	30 Aigues-Mortes	96,023	8,699
23	66 Collioure	91,042	2,756
24	31 Bagnères-de-Luchon	65,728	2,076
25	81 Cordes-sur-Ciel	63,482	879
26	34 Agde	61,249	29,939
27	12 Villefranche-de-Rouergue	58,355	11,271
28	09 Pamiers	57,450	16,473
29	66 Argelès-sur-Mer	57,013	10,616
30	81 Mazamet	56,294	10,085
31	11 Castelnaudary	54,824	12,151
32	30 Bagnols-sur-Cèze	53,422	18,112
33	65 Cauterets	52,445	829
34	31 Saint-Gaudens	48,369	12,139
35	30 Beaucaire	46,965	15,692
36	82 Moissac	45,474	13,419
37	30 Pont-Saint-Esprit	45,351	10,958
38	34 Lunel	42,433	26,623
39	66 Canet-en-Roussillon	40,512	13,227
40	82 Castelsarrasin	40,009	14,343
41	81 Gaillac	38,277	16,162
42	31 Muret	37,802	26,079
43	31 Colomiers	37,635	40,882
44	11 Limoux	37,464	10,532
45	66 Saint-Cyprien	37,343	12,068
46	30 Saint-Gilles	30,104	14,734
47	34 Mauguio	29,374	16,522
48	81 Lavaur	29,243	10,965
49	81 Graulhet	28,359	13,129
50	31 Blagnac	28,175	27,604
51	34 Frontignan	27,767	24,136
52	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	26,791	3,955
53	34 Castelnau-le-Lez	26,707	26,058
54	34 Mèze	25,864	12,669
55	34 Lattes	25,000	17,351
56	11 Lézignan-Corbières	23,819	10,343
57	30 Vauvert	23,148	11,671
58	30 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	21,917	13,148
59	12 Najac	21,903	771
60	31 Tournefeuille	21,855	30,168
61	31 Balma	20,041	17,772
62	34 Saint-Jean-de-Védas	19,922	13,328
63	34 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc	19,626	10,472
64	31 Plaisance-du-Touch	17,873	21,079
65	34 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	17,700	10,872
66	31 Ramonville-Saint-Agne	16,543	15,158
67	31 L'Union	15,798	12,638
68	12 Onet-le-Château	15,168	12,080
69	31 Cugnaux	14,844	20,662
70	31 Saint-Orens-de-Gameville	14,384	14,646
71	31 Auterive	13,609	10,456
72	66 Pia	13,309	11,615
73	31 Castanet-Tolosan	13,229	15,317
74	31 Saint-Jean	11,350	11,261
75	66 Cabestany	10,879	10,465
76	31 Castelginest	10,484	11,271
77	66 Saint-Estève	10,120	11,630
78	34 Juvignac	9,605	14,055
79	31 Fonsorbes	9,007	12,954
80	31 Seysses	7,317	10,539
81	31 Villeneuve-Tolosane	7,250	11,044

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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 best-known city in Occitanie?: Toulouse, at 489,489, ahead of Montpellier (323,918).
What is the least-known city in Occitanie?: Villeneuve-Tolosane, at 7,250. 81 cities of Occitanie are measured here.
Where does Toulouse stand in France?: 2 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Occitanie?: Toulouse (489,489), Montpellier (323,918), Carcassonne (206,655), Perpignan (192,598), Béziers (192,492). The whole table is on this page.