What are the 10 French cities ranked by swimmers?

In order: Guérande, Méru, Moissac, Lézignan-Corbières, Châlette-sur-Loing, Raismes, Brie-Comte-Robert, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Elbeuf and Orthez.

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

Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Lézignan-Corbières (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Châlette-sur-Loing (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.).

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

Méru, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

Is Guérande really the French city ranked last on swimmers?

Yes, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).

In which département is Guérande?

Guérande is in département 44, in the Pays de la Loire region.

How many French cities does this ranking compare?

1,036, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.

What are the French cities ranked by swimmers in 2026?

This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Guérande leads with 0.1 / 1,000 inhab.

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

Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,036, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.

In order: Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Lézignan-Corbières (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Châlette-sur-Loing (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Raismes (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Brie-Comte-Robert (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Bonneuil-sur-Marne (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Elbeuf (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Orthez (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.).

Where does this figure come from?

Straight from Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives, 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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Guérande comes last on swimmers, with 0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants, ahead of Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants) and Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhabitants).

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Swimmers, 987 cities shown. The coloured surface estimates the local tendency from nearby ranked cities. Exact city values remain in the table. 49 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: Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives · 2023.

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Top 50 of 1,036 cities
Rank	City	Swimmers / 1,000 inhab.	Population	Region
1	44 Guérande	0.1	16,804	Pays de la Loire
2	60 Méru	0.1	13,897	Hauts-de-France
3	82 Moissac	0.1	13,419	Occitanie
4	11 Lézignan-Corbières	0.1	10,343	Occitanie
5	45 Châlette-sur-Loing	0.2	12,677	Centre-Val de Loire
6	59 Raismes	0.2	12,199	Hauts-de-France
7	77 Brie-Comte-Robert	0.3	19,003	Île-de-France
8	94 Bonneuil-sur-Marne	0.3	18,270	Île-de-France
9	76 Elbeuf	0.3	15,474	Normandie
10	64 Orthez	0.3	10,881	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
11	59 Vieux-Condé	0.3	10,617	Hauts-de-France
12	93 Épinay-sur-Seine	0.4	52,833	Île-de-France
13	93 La Courneuve	0.4	47,167	Île-de-France
14	78 Les Mureaux	0.4	34,632	Île-de-France
15	59 Hazebrouck	0.4	21,912	Hauts-de-France
16	83 Brignoles	0.4	17,850	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
17	07 Tournon-sur-Rhône	0.4	11,279	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
18	62 Lens	0.5	32,920	Hauts-de-France
19	28 Dreux	0.5	31,543	Centre-Val de Loire
20	973 Kourou	0.5	24,824	Guyane
21	59 Anzin	0.5	13,183	Hauts-de-France
22	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	0.5	13,074	Pays de la Loire
23	78 Aubergenville	0.5	12,723	Île-de-France
24	2A Porto-Vecchio	0.5	11,198	Corse
25	51 Vitry-le-François	0.5	10,996	Grand Est
26	57 Stiring-Wendel	0.5	10,956	Grand Est
27	93 Aubervilliers	0.6	88,365	Île-de-France
28	78 Mantes-la-Ville	0.6	22,332	Île-de-France
29	85 Montaigu-Vendée	0.6	21,134	Pays de la Loire
30	83 Sainte-Maxime	0.6	14,118	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
31	93 Villetaneuse	0.6	12,530	Île-de-France
32	93 Saint-Denis (93)	0.7	149,077	Île-de-France
33	78 Mantes-la-Jolie	0.7	43,526	Île-de-France
34	74 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	0.7	16,222	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
35	42 Rive-de-Gier	0.7	15,242	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
36	59 Bailleul	0.7	14,732	Hauts-de-France
37	59 Bruay-sur-l'Escaut	0.7	11,644	Hauts-de-France
38	62 Étaples	0.7	10,710	Hauts-de-France
39	62 Oignies	0.7	10,323	Hauts-de-France
40	93 Pantin	0.8	61,929	Île-de-France
41	62 Liévin	0.8	30,063	Hauts-de-France
42	60 Clermont	0.8	10,564	Hauts-de-France
43	76 Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf	0.8	10,476	Normandie
44	85 Aizenay	0.8	10,365	Pays de la Loire
45	92 Levallois-Perret	0.9	68,092	Île-de-France
46	59 Comines	0.9	12,731	Hauts-de-France
47	07 Aubenas	0.9	12,416	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
48	57 Maizières-lès-Metz	0.9	11,580	Grand Est
49	31 Castelginest	0.9	11,271	Occitanie
50	57 Amnéville	0.9	10,875	Grand Est

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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. This particular ranking is a rate per inhabitant, so it covers towns of 10,000 people or more only: in a village of a hundred, three licence holders would read as thirty per thousand and outrank a town with a professional club, so no rate is published below that size rather than a meaningless one.

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.

11 questions about this ranking

What are the 10 French cities ranked by swimmers?: In order: Guérande, Méru, Moissac, Lézignan-Corbières, Châlette-sur-Loing, Raismes, Brie-Comte-Robert, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Elbeuf and Orthez.
What is the top 5 of French cities ranked by swimmers?: Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Lézignan-Corbières (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Châlette-sur-Loing (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities ranked by swimmers?: Méru, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., just behind Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
Is Guérande really the French city ranked last on swimmers?: Yes, at 0.1 / 1,000 inhab., ahead of Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.) and Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.).
In which département is Guérande?: Guérande is in département 44, in the Pays de la Loire region.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities ranked by swimmers?: Orthez, at 0.3 / 1,000 inhab.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?: 1,036, with the top 50 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities ranked by swimmers in 2026?: This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Guérande leads with 0.1 / 1,000 inhab.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities ranked by swimmers?: Yes, the table below: the top 50 of 1,036, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
What are the top 10?: In order: Guérande (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Méru (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Moissac (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Lézignan-Corbières (0.1 / 1,000 inhab.), Châlette-sur-Loing (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Raismes (0.2 / 1,000 inhab.), Brie-Comte-Robert (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Bonneuil-sur-Marne (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Elbeuf (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.), Orthez (0.3 / 1,000 inhab.).
Where does this figure come from?: Straight from Ministère des Sports, recensement des licences sportives, 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 1,036 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (swimmers), 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 with the oldest population and The youngest cities in France, 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.