What are the 10 French cities ranked by population?

In order: Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Chambord, Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Giverny, Vézelay, Rocamadour, Colombey les Deux Églises, Najac, Cauterets and Cordes-sur-Ciel.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by population?

Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.), Chambord (102 inhab.), Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.), Giverny (430 inhab.) and Vézelay (476 inhab.).

Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by population?

Chambord, at 102 inhab., just behind Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.).

Is Le Mont-Saint-Michel really the French city ranked last on population?

Yes, at 23 inhab., ahead of Chambord (102 inhab.) and Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.).

In which département is Le Mont-Saint-Michel?

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is in département 50, in the Normandie region.

What is the difference between Le Mont-Saint-Michel and Chambord?

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is at 23 inhab., Chambord at 102 inhab. The table gives the same figure for all 50 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,131, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by population in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Mont-Saint-Michel leads with 23 inhab.

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by population?

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,131, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.), Chambord (102 inhab.), Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.), Giverny (430 inhab.), Vézelay (476 inhab.), Rocamadour (597 inhab.), Colombey les Deux Églises (661 inhab.), Najac (771 inhab.), Cauterets (829 inhab.), Cordes-sur-Ciel (879 inhab.).

Where does this figure come from?

Straight from INSEE, populations légales, joined to each commune by its INSEE code and never retyped by hand. A commune the source does not cover is left out of the table rather than shown as a zero: an absence and a measured zero are different facts, and only one of them is safe to rank.

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The smallest famous village in France is Le Mont-Saint-Michel, at 23 inhabitants, ahead of Chambord (102 inhabitants) and Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhabitants).

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Population, 1052 cities shown. The coloured surface adds up population over 34,963 communes, 100.0% of the country's population, within about 30 km of each point. Every commune with a published value counts, not only the towns in the table. This ranking rewards the smallest total, so the darkest areas are the emptiest ones. 79 ranked overseas cities are not plotted: they fall outside this map's frame. Projection: longitude compressed by cos(46.3°N), so east-west and north-south distances stay comparable. Source: INSEE, populations légales · 2022.

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Top 50 of 1,131 cities
Rank	City	Population inhab.	Region
1	50 Le Mont-Saint-Michel	23	Normandie
2	41 Chambord	102	Centre-Val de Loire
3	88 Domrémy-la-Pucelle	102	Grand Est
4	27 Giverny	430	Normandie
5	89 Vézelay	476	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
6	46 Rocamadour	597	Occitanie
7	52 Colombey les Deux Églises	661	Grand Est
8	12 Najac	771	Occitanie
9	65 Cauterets	829	Occitanie
10	81 Cordes-sur-Ciel	879	Occitanie
11	24 Domme	906	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
12	84 Ménerbes	962	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
13	68 Riquewihr	999	Grand Est
14	76 Étretat	1,102	Normandie
15	84 Bonnieux	1,198	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
16	64 Guéthary	1,306	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
17	01 Pérouges	1,387	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
18	64 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	1,479	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19	73 Val-d'Isère	1,567	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
20	33 Saint-Émilion	1,608	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
21	74 La Clusaz	1,623	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
22	84 Gordes	1,661	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
23	83 Ramatuelle	1,888	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
24	62 Montreuil-sur-Mer	1,912	Hauts-de-France
25	73 Tignes	1,919	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
26	84 Châteauneuf-du-Pape	2,050	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
27	31 Bagnères-de-Luchon	2,076	Occitanie
28	89 Chablis	2,139	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
29	06 Èze	2,144	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
30	73 Courchevel	2,290	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
31	80 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	2,306	Hauts-de-France
32	13 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer	2,433	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
33	04 Barcelonnette	2,518	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
34	87 Oradour-sur-Glane	2,550	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
35	74 Morzine	2,658	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
36	66 Collioure	2,756	Occitanie
37	74 Megève	2,893	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
38	06 Saint-Paul-de-Vence	3,203	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
39	2B L'Île-Rousse	3,231	Corse
40	2A Bonifacio	3,344	Corse
41	14 Deauville	3,539	Normandie
42	83 Saint-Tropez	3,582	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
43	14 Cabourg	3,725	Normandie
44	40 Soorts-Hossegor	3,817	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
45	48 Saint-Chély-d'Apcher	3,955	Occitanie
46	2A Propriano	3,996	Corse
47	62 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage	4,224	Hauts-de-France
48	14 Trouville-sur-Mer	4,619	Normandie
49	56 Quiberon	4,876	Bretagne
50	85 L'Île-d'Yeu	4,883	Pays de la Loire

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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.

12 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by population?: In order: Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Chambord, Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Giverny, Vézelay, Rocamadour, Colombey les Deux Églises, Najac, Cauterets and Cordes-sur-Ciel.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by population?: Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.), Chambord (102 inhab.), Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.), Giverny (430 inhab.) and Vézelay (476 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by population?: Chambord, at 102 inhab., just behind Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.).
Is Le Mont-Saint-Michel really the French city ranked last on population?: Yes, at 23 inhab., ahead of Chambord (102 inhab.) and Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.).
In which département is Le Mont-Saint-Michel?: Le Mont-Saint-Michel is in département 50, in the Normandie region.
What is the difference between Le Mont-Saint-Michel and Chambord?: Le Mont-Saint-Michel is at 23 inhab., Chambord at 102 inhab. The table gives the same figure for all 50 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by population?: Cordes-sur-Ciel, at 879 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,131, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by population in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Mont-Saint-Michel leads with 23 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by population?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,131, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Le Mont-Saint-Michel (23 inhab.), Chambord (102 inhab.), Domrémy-la-Pucelle (102 inhab.), Giverny (430 inhab.), Vézelay (476 inhab.), Rocamadour (597 inhab.), Colombey les Deux Églises (661 inhab.), Najac (771 inhab.), Cauterets (829 inhab.), Cordes-sur-Ciel (879 inhab.).
Where does this figure come from?: Straight from INSEE, populations légales, joined to each commune by its INSEE code and never retyped by hand. A commune the source does not cover is left out of the table rather than shown as a zero: an absence and a measured zero are different facts, and only one of them is safe to rank.

The table below ranks the top 50 of the 1,131 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (population), so you can see not just the order but how far apart the places are. The numbers are official public data: INSEE legal populations and the IGN commune registry, with the exact method and the exact scope stated under the table rather than left to be guessed at.

The same data answers neighbouring questions too: see The least densely populated cities in France and The smallest French cities by area, or all rankings for the full list. All of it comes from Le Bon Rang, a free daily game that gives you five French cities and one of these statistics and asks you for the order.