What is the highest city in Occitanie?

Cauterets, at 1,941 m, ahead of Bagnères-de-Luchon (1,559 m).

What is the lowest city in Occitanie?

Aigues-Mortes, at 1 m. 81 cities of Occitanie are measured here.

Where does Cauterets stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Occitanie?

Cauterets (1,941 m), Bagnères-de-Luchon (1,559 m), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1,026 m), Mende (899 m), Millau (688 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Occitanie

Cauterets is the highest city in Occitanie, at 1,941 m, ahead of Bagnères-de-Luchon (1,559 m) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1,026 m). At the other end, Aigues-Mortes is the lowest city, at 1 m.

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The 81 cities of Occitanie ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	65 Cauterets	1,941 m	829
2	31 Bagnères-de-Luchon	1,559 m	2,076
3	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	1,026 m	3,955
4	48 Mende	899 m	12,464
5	12 Millau	688 m	22,044
6	81 Mazamet	675 m	10,085
7	12 Onet-le-Château	574 m	12,080
8	12 Rodez	565 m	23,981
9	65 Lourdes	466 m	13,266
10	31 Saint-Gaudens	404 m	12,139
11	12 Najac	354 m	771
12	12 Villefranche-de-Rouergue	349 m	11,271
13	09 Pamiers	312 m	16,473
14	65 Tarbes	306 m	44,399
15	11 Limoux	275 m	10,532
16	46 Rocamadour	252 m	597
17	81 Castres	219 m	42,505
18	81 Cordes-sur-Ciel	219 m	879
19	31 Auterive	211 m	10,456
20	81 Graulhet	209 m	13,129
21	46 Cahors	205 m	20,050
22	31 Muret	189 m	26,079
23	31 Fonsorbes	187 m	12,954
24	32 Auch	185 m	22,428
25	31 Saint-Jean	183 m	11,261
26	81 Albi	182 m	51,290
27	66 Argelès-sur-Mer	181 m	10,616
28	31 Castanet-Tolosan	180 m	15,317
29	81 Lavaur	176 m	10,965
30	31 Ramonville-Saint-Agne	175 m	15,158
31	31 Seysses	175 m	10,539
32	31 Plaisance-du-Touch	173 m	21,079
33	31 Colomiers	172 m	40,882
34	81 Gaillac	171 m	16,162
35	31 Saint-Orens-de-Gameville	166 m	14,646
36	11 Castelnaudary	165 m	12,151
37	31 Tournefeuille	164 m	30,168
38	31 Cugnaux	164 m	20,662
39	31 Balma	164 m	17,772
40	31 Villeneuve-Tolosane	162 m	11,044
41	66 Collioure	155 m	2,756
42	30 Alès	154 m	46,125
43	31 L'Union	151 m	12,638
44	31 Toulouse	148 m	514,819
45	31 Blagnac	142 m	27,604
46	31 Castelginest	135 m	11,271
47	34 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc	131 m	10,472
48	11 Carcassonne	129 m	46,080
49	82 Moissac	113 m	13,419
50	30 Uzès	109 m	8,519
51	30 Nîmes	102 m	151,839
52	82 Montauban	102 m	62,945
53	30 Bagnols-sur-Cèze	83 m	18,112
54	34 Juvignac	81 m	14,055
55	82 Castelsarrasin	79 m	14,343
56	30 Pont-Saint-Esprit	65 m	10,958
57	11 Lézignan-Corbières	58 m	10,343
58	30 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	56 m	13,148
59	66 Saint-Estève	55 m	11,630
60	11 Narbonne	54 m	57,587
61	34 Castelnau-le-Lez	50 m	26,058
62	34 Montpellier	45 m	310,240
63	34 Béziers	45 m	81,545
64	66 Perpignan	38 m	121,616
65	34 Saint-Jean-de-Védas	35 m	13,328
66	66 Cabestany	29 m	10,465
67	34 Frontignan	28 m	24,136
68	30 Saint-Gilles	23 m	14,734
69	34 Mèze	19 m	12,669
70	30 Beaucaire	16 m	15,692
71	66 Pia	16 m	11,615
72	30 Vauvert	14 m	11,671
73	34 Lunel	12 m	26,623
74	34 Agde	8 m	29,939
75	34 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	8 m	10,872
76	34 Sète	7 m	45,337
77	34 Lattes	7 m	17,351
78	66 Canet-en-Roussillon	6 m	13,227
79	34 Mauguio	5 m	16,522
80	66 Saint-Cyprien	5 m	12,068
81	30 Aigues-Mortes	1 m	8,699

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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 Occitanie?: Cauterets, at 1,941 m, ahead of Bagnères-de-Luchon (1,559 m).
What is the lowest city in Occitanie?: Aigues-Mortes, at 1 m. 81 cities of Occitanie are measured here.
Where does Cauterets stand in France?: 5 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Occitanie?: Cauterets (1,941 m), Bagnères-de-Luchon (1,559 m), Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (1,026 m), Mende (899 m), Millau (688 m). The whole table is on this page.