What are the 10 French cities ranked by city area?

In order: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Saint-Mandé, Gentilly, Les Lilas, Saint-Maurice, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Guéthary, Vanves, Enghien-les-Bains and La Garenne-Colombes.

What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by city area?

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²), Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²), Gentilly (1.2 km²), Les Lilas (1.3 km²) and Saint-Maurice (1.4 km²).

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

Saint-Mandé, at 0.9 km², just behind Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²).

Is Le Pré-Saint-Gervais really the French city ranked last on city area?

Yes, at 0.7 km², ahead of Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²) and Gentilly (1.2 km²).

In which département is Le Pré-Saint-Gervais?

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is in département 93, in the Île-de-France region.

What is the difference between Le Pré-Saint-Gervais and Saint-Mandé?

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is at 0.7 km², Saint-Mandé at 0.9 km². 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 city area?

La Garenne-Colombes, at 1.8 km².

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 city area in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais leads with 0.7 km².

Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by city area?

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 Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²), Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²), Gentilly (1.2 km²), Les Lilas (1.3 km²), Saint-Maurice (1.4 km²), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (1.5 km²), Guéthary (1.5 km²), Vanves (1.6 km²), Enghien-les-Bains (1.7 km²), La Garenne-Colombes (1.8 km²).

Where does this figure come from?

Straight from INSEE / geo.api.gouv.fr, 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 city in France by area is Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, at 0.7 km² (city area), ahead of Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²) and Gentilly (1.2 km²).

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City area, 1052 cities shown. The coloured surface is a local average over 34,963 communes, 100.0% of the country's population, weighted by the population of each one. Every commune with a published value counts, not only the towns in the table. 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 / geo.api.gouv.fr.

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Top 50 of 1,131 cities
Rank	City	City area km²	Population	Region
1	93 Le Pré-Saint-Gervais	0.7	16,993	Île-de-France
2	94 Saint-Mandé	0.9	21,071	Île-de-France
3	94 Gentilly	1.2	19,963	Île-de-France
4	93 Les Lilas	1.3	23,843	Île-de-France
5	94 Saint-Maurice	1.4	14,506	Île-de-France
6	94 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre	1.5	24,110	Île-de-France
7	64 Guéthary	1.5	1,306	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
8	92 Vanves	1.6	28,622	Île-de-France
9	95 Enghien-les-Bains	1.7	11,432	Île-de-France
10	92 La Garenne-Colombes	1.8	30,197	Île-de-France
11	94 Charenton-le-Pont	1.8	28,830	Île-de-France
12	94 Vincennes	1.9	48,193	Île-de-France
13	92 Bois-Colombes	1.9	28,909	Île-de-France
14	92 Bourg-la-Reine	1.9	21,019	Île-de-France
15	92 Montrouge	2.1	46,324	Île-de-France
16	92 Malakoff	2.1	30,557	Île-de-France
17	93 Le Bourget	2.1	15,925	Île-de-France
18	91 Juvisy-sur-Orge	2.2	19,292	Île-de-France
19	93 Le Raincy	2.2	14,735	Île-de-France
20	94 Arcueil	2.3	22,200	Île-de-France
21	94 Joinville-le-Pont	2.3	20,525	Île-de-France
22	93 Villetaneuse	2.3	12,530	Île-de-France
23	92 Levallois-Perret	2.4	68,092	Île-de-France
24	91 Arpajon	2.4	11,698	Île-de-France
25	92 Fontenay-aux-Roses	2.5	24,070	Île-de-France
26	93 Bagnolet	2.6	43,086	Île-de-France
27	2B L'Île-Rousse	2.6	3,231	Corse
28	59 La Madeleine	2.7	21,790	Hauts-de-France
29	95 Saint-Gratien	2.7	21,336	Île-de-France
30	92 Garches	2.7	17,743	Île-de-France
31	94 Nogent-sur-Marne	2.8	32,455	Île-de-France
32	94 Cachan	2.8	31,103	Île-de-France
33	971 Pointe-à-Pitre	2.8	15,040	Guadeloupe
34	95 Arnouville	2.8	15,023	Île-de-France
35	06 Beausoleil	2.8	11,936	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
36	62 Montreuil-sur-Mer	2.8	1,912	Hauts-de-France
37	64 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	2.8	1,479	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
38	92 Châtillon	2.9	36,705	Île-de-France
39	93 Les Pavillons-sous-Bois	2.9	25,804	Île-de-France
40	59 Mons-en-Barœul	2.9	21,105	Hauts-de-France
41	78 Le Pecq	2.9	16,059	Île-de-France
42	95 Montmagny	2.9	15,105	Île-de-France
43	92 Clichy	3.1	64,410	Île-de-France
44	92 Puteaux	3.2	44,002	Île-de-France
45	92 Villeneuve-la-Garenne	3.2	26,021	Île-de-France
46	59 Saint-André-lez-Lille	3.2	13,233	Hauts-de-France
47	76 Déville-lès-Rouen	3.2	10,802	Normandie
48	94 Bry-sur-Marne	3.3	18,503	Île-de-France
49	59 Lys-lez-Lannoy	3.3	14,050	Hauts-de-France
50	93 Romainville	3.4	37,152	Île-de-France

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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 city area?: In order: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Saint-Mandé, Gentilly, Les Lilas, Saint-Maurice, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Guéthary, Vanves, Enghien-les-Bains and La Garenne-Colombes.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by city area?: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²), Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²), Gentilly (1.2 km²), Les Lilas (1.3 km²) and Saint-Maurice (1.4 km²).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by city area?: Saint-Mandé, at 0.9 km², just behind Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²).
Is Le Pré-Saint-Gervais really the French city ranked last on city area?: Yes, at 0.7 km², ahead of Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²) and Gentilly (1.2 km²).
In which département is Le Pré-Saint-Gervais?: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is in département 93, in the Île-de-France region.
What is the difference between Le Pré-Saint-Gervais and Saint-Mandé?: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is at 0.7 km², Saint-Mandé at 0.9 km². 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 city area?: La Garenne-Colombes, at 1.8 km².
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 city area in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Pré-Saint-Gervais leads with 0.7 km².
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by city area?: 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 Pré-Saint-Gervais (0.7 km²), Saint-Mandé (0.9 km²), Gentilly (1.2 km²), Les Lilas (1.3 km²), Saint-Maurice (1.4 km²), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (1.5 km²), Guéthary (1.5 km²), Vanves (1.6 km²), Enghien-les-Bains (1.7 km²), La Garenne-Colombes (1.8 km²).
Where does this figure come from?: Straight from INSEE / geo.api.gouv.fr, 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 (city area), 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 French cities closest to Paris and The French cities closest to the sea, 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.