A continuación se muestran las áreas urbanas con más de 100.000 habitantes en Francia clasificadas por población.
La población del Área urbana (o aglomeración urbana) se refiere a la población contenida dentro de los contornos de un territorio contiguo habitado a niveles de densidad urbana, que normalmente comprende una ciudad y su franja suburbana circundante.
| Clasificación | Área Urbana | Estimación de población (2025) | Cambio en 1 año (respecto a 2024) | Superficie terrestre (Km²) | Densidad (Hab/Km²) | Clasificación mundial | Proyecciones (2030) | Proyecciones (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | 9.381.921 | 0,08% | 1.381 | 6.794 | 36 | 9.375.275 | 9.326.092 |
| 2 | Lyon | 1.202.985 | 0,58% | 242 | 4.971 | 429 | 1.217.694 | 1.274.733 |
| 3 | Lille | 893.282 | −0,19% | 211 | 4.234 | 578 | 882.302 | 844.012 |
| 4 | Marseille | 891.463 | 0,27% | 169 | 5.275 | 581 | 950.264 | 981.662 |
| 5 | Toulouse | 642.224 | 0,85% | 188 | 3.416 | 839 | 653.656 | 728.902 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 631.551 | 0,39% | 182 | 3.470 | 856 | 642.614 | 673.851 |
| 7 | Nantes | 453.523 | 0,49% | 121 | 3.748 | 1.227 | 457.712 | 477.104 |
| 8 | Nice | 418.294 | 0,4% | 108 | 3.873 | 1.345 | 423.929 | 451.475 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 398.175 | 0,02% | 93 | 4.281 | 1.424 | 396.756 | 392.468 |
| 10 | Grenoble | 359.128 | 0,4% | 83 | 4.327 | 1.587 | 364.913 | 376.915 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 324.059 | 0,3% | 69 | 4.697 | 1.772 | 327.498 | 344.762 |
| 12 | Rouen | 311.071 | 0,1% | 95 | 3.274 | 1.844 | 319.271 | 318.323 |
| 13 | Toulon | 298.777 | 0,32% | 100 | 2.988 | 1.925 | 308.873 | 317.885 |
| 14 | Rennes | 248.187 | 0,43% | 51 | 4.866 | 2.356 | 253.959 | 267.939 |
| 15 | Cergy | 236.261 | 0,1% | 72 | 3.281 | 2.484 | 236.466 | 235.922 |
| 16 | Cannes | 221.928 | 0,34% | 87 | 2.551 | 2.660 | 226.306 | 234.123 |
| 17 | Tours | 215.625 | 0,98% | 67 | 3.218 | 2.735 | 217.775 | 237.825 |
| 18 | Nancy | 208.941 | 0,01% | 48 | 4.353 | 2.849 | 208.150 | 205.825 |
| 19 | Maurepas | 206.195 | 0,26% | 64 | 3.222 | 2.892 | 206.455 | 206.148 |
| 20 | Orléans | 205.657 | 0,09% | 69 | 2.981 | 2.899 | 205.685 | 207.094 |
| 21 | Dijon | 198.697 | 0,01% | 49 | 4.055 | 3.009 | 197.928 | 195.701 |
| 22 | Clermont-Ferrand | 188.912 | 0,25% | 51 | 3.704 | 3.185 | 190.454 | 194.433 |
| 23 | Reims | 187.382 | 0,08% | 44 | 4.259 | 3.221 | 187.315 | 186.342 |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne | 180.046 | 0,3% | 43 | 4.187 | 3.356 | 183.465 | 202.181 |
| 25 | Mulhouse | 168.612 | 0,01% | 45 | 3.747 | 3.584 | 167.967 | 166.123 |
| 26 | Le Havre | 164.264 | 0,08% | 58 | 2.832 | 3.688 | 164.204 | 169.723 |
| 27 | Lens | 163.847 | −0,17% | 71 | 2.308 | 3.698 | 157.322 | 135.322 |
| 28 | Angers | 158.964 | 0,46% | 45 | 3.533 | 3.808 | 160.447 | 171.794 |
| 29 | Caen | 146.613 | 0,26% | 43 | 3.410 | 4.152 | 146.634 | 145.933 |
| 30 | Le Mans | 145.741 | 0,27% | 45 | 3.239 | 4.182 | 147.101 | 158.091 |
| 31 | Metz | 138.743 | 0,01% | 40 | 3.469 | 4.392 | 138.229 | 136.723 |
| 32 | Brest | 133.261 | 0,32% | 40 | 3.332 | 4.574 | 134.805 | 141.780 |
| 33 | Nimes | 132.710 | 0,29% | 39 | 3.403 | 4.600 | 134.029 | 137.469 |
| 34 | Annecy | 125.595 | 0,33% | 34 | 3.694 | 4.872 | 127.131 | 131.000 |
| 35 | Perpignan | 119.918 | 0,21% | 31 | 3.868 | 5.120 | 120.685 | 130.447 |
| 36 | Limoges | 111.188 | 0,53% | 30 | 3.706 | 5.550 | 113.644 | 117.950 |
| 37 | Amiens | 107.741 | 0,39% | 27 | 3.990 | 5.736 | 110.552 | 110.553 |
| 38 | Besançon | 104.127 | 0,01% | 30 | 3.471 | 5.940 | 103.734 | 102.549 |
| 39 | Pau | 101.291 | 0,79% | 32 | 3.165 | 6.103 | 103.408 | 122.697 |
| 40 | Troyes | 100.862 | 0,36% | 29 | 3.478 | 6.126 | 100.745 | 98.396 |
| 41 | Valenciennes | 99.161 | −0,17% | 35 | 2.833 | 6.226 | 96.368 | 92.211 |
| 42 | Bayonne | 96.336 | 0,95% | 39 | 2.470 | 6.419 | 119.636 | 129.785 |
| 43 | Poitiers | 93.012 | 0,32% | 29 | 3.207 | 6.649 | 95.589 | 99.810 |
| 44 | Le Mée-sur-Seine | 91.156 | 0,1% | 26 | 3.506 | 6.803 | 91.218 | 90.877 |
| 45 | Dunkirk | 87.806 | −0,17% | 30 | 2.927 | 7.079 | 86.664 | 82.970 |
| 46 | Montévrain | 87.078 | 0,11% | 25 | 3.483 | 7.142 | 87.181 | 86.986 |
| 47 | Aix-en-Provence | 85.033 | 0,29% | 21 | 4.049 | 7.327 | 85.901 | 88.185 |
| 48 | Chambéry | 84.535 | 0,32% | 29 | 2.915 | 7.371 | 85.501 | 92.956 |
| 49 | Annemasse | 78.517 | 0,27% | 16 | 4.907 | 7.936 | 79.225 | 82.612 |
| 50 | Lorient | 78.394 | 0,31% | 29 | 2.703 | 7.947 | 85.480 | 89.007 |
| 51 | Poissy | 78.283 | 0,11% | 24 | 3.262 | 7.958 | 78.385 | 78.355 |
| 52 | Valence | 77.680 | 0,63% | 25 | 3.107 | 8.031 | 78.288 | 79.828 |
| 53 | Avignon | 76.918 | 0,26% | 23 | 3.344 | 8.114 | 77.576 | 97.476 |
| 54 | Creil | 76.277 | 0,1% | 20 | 3.814 | 8.176 | 76.330 | 76.063 |
| 55 | La Rochelle | 76.035 | 0,27% | 38 | 2.001 | 8.193 | 82.518 | 86.494 |
| 56 | Mantes-la-Ville | 74.694 | 0,08% | 20 | 3.735 | 8.334 | 74.667 | 77.938 |
| 57 | Calais | 72.539 | −0,59% | 26 | 2.790 | 8.573 | 71.565 | 68.518 |
| 58 | Boulogne-sur-Mer | 68.291 | 0,23% | 25 | 2.732 | 9.076 | 65.510 | 62.823 |
| 59 | Chartres | 65.928 | 0,07% | 21 | 3.139 | 9.401 | 65.889 | 65.429 |
| 60 | Béziers | 65.528 | 0,21% | 18 | 3.640 | 9.462 | 65.928 | 68.385 |
| 61 | Colmar | 64.615 | −0,01% | 16 | 4.038 | 9.584 | 64.294 | 63.371 |
| 62 | Douai | 62.884 | −0,17% | 23 | 2.734 | 9.853 | 62.066 | 59.510 |
| 63 | Belfort | 62.611 | 0,02% | 18 | 3.478 | 9.902 | 62.389 | 61.726 |
| 64 | Marignane | 62.201 | 0,12% | 30 | 2.073 | 9.987 | 62.884 | 67.964 |
| 65 | Ajaccio | 60.243 | 0,82% | 20 | 3.012 | 10.279 | 64.089 | 72.819 |
| 66 | Arras | 59.775 | −0,15% | 22 | 2.717 | 10.354 | 59.062 | 56.636 |
| 67 | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 59.679 | 0,11% | 31 | 1.925 | 10.366 | 59.748 | 59.685 |
| 68 | Saint-Brieuc | 59.128 | 0,3% | 25 | 2.365 | 10.463 | 59.755 | 62.372 |
| 69 | Bussy-Saint-Georges | 54.970 | 0,11% | 12 | 4.581 | 11.195 | 55.027 | 54.941 |
| 70 | Meaux | 51.046 | 0,09% | 14 | 3.646 | 11.984 | 51.041 | 53.468 |
| 71 | Saint-Nazaire | 50.317 | – | 23 | 2.188 | 12.087 | 50.835 | 60.532 |
Fuente: Naciones Unidas, Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales, División de Población (2025). Perspectivas de la Urbanización Mundial: Revisión de 2025, Edición en línea.