Main Cities of France
List of the main cities of France, ordered by number of inhabitants.
| name | type | population |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | city | 2,187,526 |
| Marseille | city | 855,393 |
| Lyon | city | 500,715 |
| Toulouse | city | 441,802 |
| Nice | city | 341,032 |
| Nantes | city | 309,346 |
| Montpellier | city | 295,542 |
| Strasbourg | city | 279,284 |
| Bordeaux | city | 241,287 |
| Lille | city | 232,741 |
| Rennes | city | 215,366 |
| Le Havre | city | 178,769 |
| Toulon | city | 178,745 |
| Saint-Étienne | city | 173,089 |
| Grenoble | city | 157,650 |
| Dijon | city | 156,920 |
| Villeurbanne | city | 154,781 |
| Nimes | city | 149,633 |
| Angers | city | 149,017 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | city | 143,886 |
| Aix-en-Provence | city | 143,097 |
| Le Mans | city | 142,946 |
| Brest | city | 141,303 |
| Chambéry | city | 135,000 |
| Annecy | city | 131,766 |
| Perpignan | city | 120,158 |
| Mulhouse | city | 109,443 |
| Caen | city | 106,538 |
| Argenteuil | city | 104,282 |
| Avignon | city | 91,921 |
| Nanterre | town | 89,185 |
| Courbevoie | town | 87,469 |
| Poitiers | city | 87,435 |
| Colombes | town | 85,398 |
| Asnières-sur-Seine | town | 81,666 |
| Rueil-Malmaison | town | 79,426 |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | town | 79,200 |
| Béziers | town | 76,382 |
| Pau | town | 76,275 |
| Cannes | town | 74,545 |
| Saint-Nazaire | town | 69,993 |
| Évry-Courcouronnes | town | 66,851 |
| Mérignac | town | 66,142 |
| Vénissieux | town | 65,405 |
| Valence | city | 64,749 |
| Issy-les-Moulineaux | town | 64,355 |
| Levallois-Perret | town | 64,253 |
| Quimper | town | 63,550 |
| Villeneuve-d'Ascq | town | 63,408 |
| Neuilly-sur-Seine | town | 61,754 |
| Clichy | town | 58,916 |
| Sarcelles | town | 58,614 |
| Pessac | town | 58,025 |
| Lorient | town | 57,246 |
| Cergy | town | 56,988 |
| Saint-Quentin | town | 56,217 |
| Chelles | town | 55,148 |
| Narbonne | town | 54,700 |
| Beauvais | town | 54,189 |
| Vannes | town | 53,719 |
| Arles | town | 53,250 |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | town | 52,773 |
| Bayonne | town | 52,569 |
| Évry | town | 52,184 |
| Évreux | town | 50,537 |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | town | 48,949 |
| Vaulx-en-Velin | town | 48,497 |
| Montrouge | town | 47,907 |
| Suresnes | town | 46,723 |
| Saint-Malo | town | 46,342 |
| Saint-Herblain | town | 46,268 |
| Carcassonne | town | 46,031 |
| Saint-Priest | town | 45,844 |
| Chalon-sur-Saône | town | 44,985 |
| Puteaux | town | 44,548 |
| Saint-Brieuc | town | 44,372 |
| Caluire-et-Cuire | town | 42,915 |
| Castres | town | 41,636 |
| Angoulême | town | 41,613 |
| Rezé | town | 41,411 |
| Gennevilliers | town | 41,364 |
| Bron | town | 41,060 |
| Alès | town | 41,000 |
| Gap | town | 40,895 |
| Talence | town | 40,600 |
| Tarbes | town | 40,593 |
| Compiègne | town | 40,517 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | town | 40,251 |
| Garges-lès-Gonesse | town | 40,012 |
| Douai | town | 39,634 |
| Draguignan | town | 39,106 |
| Monaco | city | 39,050 |
| Chartres | town | 38,889 |
| Bagneux | town | 38,080 |
| Poissy | town | 37,470 |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône | town | 37,266 |
| Annemasse | town | 35,712 |
| Montluçon | town | 35,653 |
| Auxerre | town | 35,534 |
| Saint-Chamond | town | 35,339 |