What is the largest city by area in Pays de la Loire?

Chemillé-en-Anjou, at 321.2 km², ahead of Baugé-en-Anjou (270.5 km²).

What is the smallest city by area in Pays de la Loire?

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire, at 11.4 km². 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.

Where does Chemillé-en-Anjou stand in France?

9 of the 1,131 French cities measured on city area. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?

Chemillé-en-Anjou (321.2 km²), Baugé-en-Anjou (270.5 km²), Segré-en-Anjou Bleu (244.2 km²), Beaupréau-en-Mauges (232.1 km²), Sèvremoine (215.2 km²). The whole table is on this page.

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The largest cities in Pays de la Loire by area

Chemillé-en-Anjou is the largest city by area in Pays de la Loire, at 321.2 km², ahead of Baugé-en-Anjou (270.5 km²) and Segré-en-Anjou Bleu (244.2 km²). At the other end, Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire is the smallest city by area, at 11.4 km².

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The 56 cities of Pays de la Loire ranked on city area
Rank	City	City area	Population
1	49 Chemillé-en-Anjou	321.2 km²	21,999
2	49 Baugé-en-Anjou	270.5 km²	11,712
3	49 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu	244.2 km²	17,667
4	49 Beaupréau-en-Mauges	232.1 km²	23,989
5	49 Sèvremoine	215.2 km²	25,797
6	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	199.8 km²	15,726
7	49 Mauges-sur-Loire	194.3 km²	18,695
8	49 Orée d'Anjou	157.8 km²	17,162
9	49 Doué-en-Anjou	149.5 km²	11,029
10	49 Brissac Loire Aubance	122.2 km²	10,878
11	85 Montaigu-Vendée	118.2 km²	21,134
12	49 Loire-Authion	114.8 km²	16,765
13	44 Blain	102.2 km²	10,376
14	44 Pornic	94.6 km²	18,745
15	85 Les Herbiers	89.1 km²	16,521
16	85 La Roche-sur-Yon	88 km²	54,849
17	49 Cholet	87.4 km²	54,404
18	85 Les Sables-d'Olonne	85.9 km²	49,603
19	85 Aizenay	82.1 km²	10,365
20	44 Guérande	81.7 km²	16,804
21	72 La Flèche	79.2 km²	14,947
22	53 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne	68.3 km²	16,584
23	49 Saumur	66.5 km²	26,241
24	44 Nantes	65.7 km²	327,734
25	85 Challans	65.4 km²	22,943
26	44 Pontchâteau	55.7 km²	11,474
27	72 Le Mans	52.6 km²	146,249
28	44 Saint-Nazaire	50.2 km²	74,568
29	44 Couëron	48.9 km²	24,103
30	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	48.7 km²	13,074
31	49 Angers	44.5 km²	159,022
32	44 Carquefou	43.3 km²	20,921
33	44 Vertou	38.1 km²	26,227
34	72 Sablé-sur-Sarthe	37 km²	12,326
35	53 Laval	34.2 km²	49,400
36	85 Fontenay-le-Comte	34.2 km²	14,059
37	44 Châteaubriant	33.7 km²	12,260
38	44 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	33.4 km²	20,690
39	44 Bouguenais	31.2 km²	20,530
40	44 Saint-Herblain	30 km²	50,973
41	44 Treillières	29.2 km²	10,600
42	44 Orvault	27.8 km²	28,534
43	44 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	27.8 km²	14,541
44	44 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	27.8 km²	11,600
45	44 La Baule-Escoublac	26.5 km²	16,912
46	85 L'Île-d'Yeu	24 km²	4,883
47	53 Mayenne	20.2 km²	12,883
48	49 Les Ponts-de-Cé	19.5 km²	13,149
49	72 Allonnes	18.2 km²	10,739
50	49 Avrillé	16 km²	15,251
51	44 Rezé	15.6 km²	43,556
52	44 Pornichet	12.8 km²	12,800
53	44 Thouaré-sur-Loire	12.5 km²	11,004
54	49 Trélazé	12.2 km²	16,333
55	44 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	11.8 km²	28,596
56	44 Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	11.4 km²	16,400

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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 by area in Pays de la Loire?: Chemillé-en-Anjou, at 321.2 km², ahead of Baugé-en-Anjou (270.5 km²).
What is the smallest city by area in Pays de la Loire?: Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire, at 11.4 km². 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.
Where does Chemillé-en-Anjou stand in France?: 9 of the 1,131 French cities measured on city area. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?: Chemillé-en-Anjou (321.2 km²), Baugé-en-Anjou (270.5 km²), Segré-en-Anjou Bleu (244.2 km²), Beaupréau-en-Mauges (232.1 km²), Sèvremoine (215.2 km²). The whole table is on this page.