What is the highest city in Pays de la Loire?

Les Herbiers, at 124 m, ahead of Mayenne (121 m).

What is the lowest city in Pays de la Loire?

Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, at 5 m. 55 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.

Where does Les Herbiers stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?

Les Herbiers (124 m), Mayenne (121 m), Cholet (116 m), Sèvremoine (96 m), Chemillé-en-Anjou (92 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Pays de la Loire

Les Herbiers is the highest city in Pays de la Loire, at 124 m, ahead of Mayenne (121 m) and Cholet (116 m). At the other end, Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez is the lowest city, at 5 m.

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The 55 cities of Pays de la Loire ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	85 Les Herbiers	124 m	16,521
2	53 Mayenne	121 m	12,883
3	49 Cholet	116 m	54,404
4	49 Sèvremoine	96 m	25,797
5	49 Chemillé-en-Anjou	92 m	21,999
6	49 Mauges-sur-Loire	91 m	18,695
7	49 Beaupréau-en-Mauges	88 m	23,989
8	53 Laval	82 m	49,400
9	49 Baugé-en-Anjou	75 m	11,712
10	44 Châteaubriant	74 m	12,260
11	49 Doué-en-Anjou	74 m	11,029
12	53 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne	71 m	16,584
13	85 La Roche-sur-Yon	68 m	54,849
14	72 Le Mans	65 m	146,249
15	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	56 m	15,726
16	72 Allonnes	54 m	10,739
17	49 Brissac Loire Aubance	53 m	10,878
18	49 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu	51 m	17,667
19	44 Orvault	50 m	28,534
20	44 Treillières	49 m	10,600
21	85 Aizenay	48 m	10,365
22	72 La Flèche	47 m	14,947
23	49 Saumur	43 m	26,241
24	72 Sablé-sur-Sarthe	43 m	12,326
25	49 Avrillé	42 m	15,251
26	85 Montaigu-Vendée	41 m	21,134
27	44 Saint-Herblain	35 m	50,973
28	49 Angers	32 m	159,022
29	44 Carquefou	29 m	20,921
30	44 Vertou	28 m	26,227
31	85 Challans	27 m	22,943
32	85 Fontenay-le-Comte	27 m	14,059
33	44 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	26 m	20,690
34	49 Trélazé	26 m	16,333
35	44 Blain	26 m	10,376
36	44 Couëron	23 m	24,103
37	44 Pornic	23 m	18,745
38	44 Rezé	22 m	43,556
39	44 Bouguenais	22 m	20,530
40	44 La Baule-Escoublac	22 m	16,912
41	44 Thouaré-sur-Loire	21 m	11,004
42	44 Guérande	20 m	16,804
43	49 Loire-Authion	20 m	16,765
44	49 Les Ponts-de-Cé	20 m	13,149
45	44 Pornichet	20 m	12,800
46	44 Nantes	18 m	327,734
47	44 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	18 m	11,600
48	44 Pontchâteau	18 m	11,474
49	44 Saint-Nazaire	16 m	74,568
50	44 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	16 m	28,596
51	85 L'Île-d'Yeu	16 m	4,883
52	44 Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	14 m	16,400
53	44 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	10 m	14,541
54	85 Les Sables-d'Olonne	8 m	49,603
55	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	5 m	13,074

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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 Pays de la Loire?: Les Herbiers, at 124 m, ahead of Mayenne (121 m).
What is the lowest city in Pays de la Loire?: Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, at 5 m. 55 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.
Where does Les Herbiers stand in France?: 417 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?: Les Herbiers (124 m), Mayenne (121 m), Cholet (116 m), Sèvremoine (96 m), Chemillé-en-Anjou (92 m). The whole table is on this page.