This table lists the 101 departments of France in descending order of population, area and population density.
Between 1999 and 2006 all French departments have grown in population with the exception of the following seven departments: Allier and Cantal in Auvergne, Creuse in Limousin, Ardennes and Haute-Marne in Champagne-Ardenne, Nièvre in Burgundy, and Vosges in Lorraine.
In contrast the seven departments that have gained the most population in absolute value are Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Bouches-du-Rhône, Seine-Saint-Denis, Loire-Atlantique, Hauts-de Seine, and Hérault.
Guadeloupe has seemingly lost population between 1999 and 2008. However, this diminution of the legal population is due to the creation of the overseas communities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.
2013 Rank | Department | Legal population in 1931 | Legal population in 1999 | Legal population in 2008 | Legal population in 2013 | Area (km²) | Pop. density (Pop./km²) | INSEE Dept. No. |
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1 | Nord | 2,029,449 | 2,555,020 | 2,564,959 | 2,595,536 | 5,743 | 452 | 59 |
2 | Paris | 2,891,020 | 2,125,246 | 2,211,297 | 2,229,621 | 105 | 21,234 | 75 |
3 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 1,101,672 | 1,835,719 | 1,966,005 | 1,993,177 | 5,087 | 392 | 13 |
4 | Rhône | 1,046,028 | 1,578,869 | 1,690,498 | 1,779,845 | 3,249 | 548 | 69 |
5 | Hauts-de-Seine | 949,231 | 1,428,881 | 1,549,619 | 1,591,403 | 176 | 9,042 | 92 |
6 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 769,315 | 1,382,861 | 1,506,466 | 1,552,482 | 236 | 6,578 | 93 |
7 | Gironde | 852,768 | 1,287,334 | 1,421,276 | 1,505,517 | 10,725 | 140 | 33 |
8 | Pas-de-Calais | 1,205,191 | 1,441,568 | 1,459,531 | 1,465,205 | 6,671 | 220 | 62 |
9 | Yvelines | 408,282 | 1,354,308 | 1,406,053 | 1,418,484 | 2,284 | 621 | 78 |
10 | Seine-et-Marne | 406,108 | 1,193,767 | 1,303,702 | 1,365,200 | 5,915 | 231 | 77 |
11 | Val-de-Marne | 657,322 | 1,227,250 | 1,310,876 | 1,354,005 | 245 | 5,527 | 94 |
12 | Loire-Atlantique | 652,079 | 1,134,266 | 1,255,871 | 1,328,620 | 6,815 | 195 | 44 |
13 | Haute-Garonne | 441,799 | 1,046,338 | 1,217,344 | 1,298,562 | 6,309 | 206 | 31 |
14 | Seine-Maritime | 905,278 | 1,239,138 | 1,248,580 | 1,254,609 | 6,278 | 200 | 76 |
15 | Essonne | 271,094 | 1,134,238 | 1,205,850 | 1,253,931 | 1,804 | 695 | 91 |
16 | Isère | 584,017 | 1,094,006 | 1,188,660 | 1,235,387 | 7,431 | 166 | 38 |
17 | Val-d'Oise | 353,374 | 1,105,464 | 1,165,397 | 1,194,681 | 1,246 | 959 | 95 |
18 | Bas-Rhin | 688,242 | 1,026,120 | 1,091,015 | 1,109,460 | 4,755 | 233 | 67 |
19 | Hérault | 514,819 | 896,441 | 1,019,798 | 1,092,331 | 6,101 | 179 | 34 |
20 | Alpes-Maritimes | 493,376 | 1,011,326 | 1,084,428 | 1,080,771 | 4,299 | 251 | 06 |
21 | Moselle | 693,408 | 1,023,447 | 1,042,230 | 1,046,873 | 6,216 | 168 | 57 |
22 | Var | 377,104 | 898,441 | 1,001,408 | 1,028,583 | 5,973 | 172 | 83 |
23 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 562,558 | 867,533 | 967,588 | 1,019,923 | 6,775 | 151 | 35 |
24 | Finistère | 744,295 | 852,418 | 890,509 | 903,921 | 6,733 | 134 | 29 |
25 | La Réunion | - | 706,300 | 808,250 | 835,103 | 2,504 | 334 | 974 |
26 | Oise | 407,432 | 766,441 | 799,725 | 815,400 | 5,860 | 139 | 60 |
27 | Maine-et-Loire | 475,991 | 732,942 | 774,823 | 800,191 | 7,166 | 112 | 49 |
28 | Haute-Savoie | 252,794 | 631,679 | 716,277 | 769,677 | 4,388 | 175 | 74 |
29 | Haut-Rhin | 516,726 | 708,025 | 746,072 | 758,723 | 3,525 | 215 | 68 |
30 | Loire | 664,822 | 728,524 | 742,076 | 756,715 | 4,781 | 158 | 42 |
31 | Morbihan | 537,528 | 643,873 | 710,034 | 737,778 | 6,823 | 108 | 56 |
32 | Gard | 406,815 | 623,125 | 694,323 | 733,201 | 5,853 | 125 | 30 |
33 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 592,632 | 713,779 | 729,768 | 731,004 | 5,246 | 139 | 54 |
34 | Calvados | 401,356 | 648,385 | 678,206 | 689,945 | 5,548 | 124 | 14 |
35 | Loiret | 342,679 | 618,126 | 650,769 | 665,587 | 6,775 | 98 | 45 |
36 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 422,719 | 600,018 | 647,420 | 664,057 | 7,645 | 87 | 64 |
37 | Vendée | 390,396 | 539,664 | 616,906 | 655,506 | 6,720 | 98 | 85 |
38 | Puy-de-Dôme | 500,590 | 604,266 | 628,485 | 640,999 | 7,970 | 80 | 63 |
39 | Charente-Maritime | 415,249 | 557,024 | 611,714 | 633,417 | 6,864 | 92 | 17 |
40 | Ain | 322,918 | 515,270 | 581,355 | 619,497 | 5,762 | 108 | 01 |
41 | Indre-et-Loire | 335,226 | 554,003 | 585,406 | 600,252 | 6,127 | 98 | 37 |
42 | Côtes-d'Armor | 539,531 | 542,373 | 581,570 | 597,085 | 6,878 | 87 | 22 |
43 | Eure | 305,788 | 541,054 | 577,087 | 595,043 | 6,040 | 99 | 27 |
44 | Somme | 466,626 | 555,551 | 568,086 | 571,675 | 6,170 | 93 | 80 |
45 | Marne | 412,156 | 565,229 | 566,010 | 569,999 | 8,162 | 70 | 51 |
46 | Sarthe | 384,619 | 529,851 | 559,587 | 569,035 | 6,206 | 92 | 72 |
47 | Saône-et-Loire | 538,741 | 544,893 | 553,968 | 556,222 | 8,575 | 65 | 71 |
48 | Vaucluse | 241,689 | 499,685 | 538,902 | 549,949 | 3,567 | 154 | 84 |
49 | Aisne | 489,368 | 535,489 | 538,790 | 540,067 | 7,369 | 73 | 02 |
50 | Doubs | 305,500 | 499,062 | 522,685 | 533,320 | 5,234 | 102 | 25 |
51 | Côte-d'Or | 333,800 | 506,755 | 521,608 | 529,761 | 8,763 | 60 | 21 |
52 | Manche | 433,473 | 481,471 | 496,937 | 499,919 | 5,938 | 84 | 50 |
53 | Drôme | 267,080 | 437,778 | 478,069 | 494,712 | 6,530 | 76 | 26 |
54 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 238,647 | 392,803 | 441,387 | 462,705 | 4,116 | 112 | 66 |
55 | Eure-et-Loir | 254,790 | 407,665 | 423,559 | 432,967 | 5,880 | 74 | 28 |
56 | Vienne | 303,072 | 399,024 | 424,354 | 431,248 | 6,990 | 62 | 86 |
57 | Savoie | 235,544 | 373,258 | 408,842 | 423,715 | 6,028 | 70 | 73 |
58 | Dordogne | 383,720 | 388,293 | 409,388 | 416,909 | 9,060 | 46 | 24 |
59 | Guadeloupe | - | 422,496 | 401,784 | 402,119 | 1,628 | 247 | 971 |
60 | Landes | 257,186 | 327,334 | 373,142 | 397,226 | 9,243 | 43 | 40 |
61 | Martinique | - | 381,427 | 397,693 | 385,551 | 1,128 | 342 | 972 |
62 | Tarn | 302,994 | 343,402 | 371,738 | 381,927 | 5,758 | 66 | 81 |
63 | Haute-Vienne | 335,873 | 353,893 | 373,940 | 375,856 | 5,520 | 68 | 87 |
64 | Vosges | 377,980 | 380,952 | 380,145 | 375,226 | 5,874 | 64 | 88 |
65 | Deux-Sèvres | 308,481 | 344,392 | 365,059 | 371,632 | 5,999 | 62 | 79 |
66 | Aude | 296,880 | 309,770 | 349,237 | 364,877 | 6,139 | 59 | 11 |
67 | Charente | 310,489 | 339,628 | 351,581 | 353,482 | 5,956 | 59 | 16 |
68 | Allier | 373,924 | 344,721 | 342,807 | 343,431 | 7,340 | 47 | 03 |
69 | Yonne | 275,755 | 333,221 | 342,359 | 341,483 | 7,427 | 46 | 89 |
70 | Lot-et-Garonne | 247,500 | 305,380 | 326,399 | 333,180 | 5,361 | 62 | 47 |
71 | Loir-et-Cher | 241,592 | 314,968 | 326,599 | 332,001 | 6,343 | 52 | 41 |
72 | Ardèche | 282,911 | 286,023 | 311,452 | 320,379 | 5,529 | 58 | 07 |
73 | Cher | 293,918 | 314,428 | 313,251 | 311,650 | 7,235 | 43 | 18 |
74 | Mayenne | 254,479 | 285,338 | 302,983 | 307,500 | 5,175 | 59 | 53 |
75 | Aube | 242,596 | 292,131 | 301,327 | 306,581 | 6,004 | 51 | 10 |
76 | Orne | 273,717 | 292,337 | 292,282 | 288,848 | 6,103 | 47 | 61 |
77 | Ardennes | 293,746 | 290,130 | 284,197 | 280,907 | 5,229 | 54 | 08 |
78 | Aveyron | 323,782 | 263,808 | 275,889 | 277,740 | 8,735 | 32 | 12 |
79 | Jura | 229,109 | 250,857 | 260,740 | 260,502 | 4,999 | 52 | 39 |
80 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 164,259 | 206,034 | 235,915 | 250,342 | 3,718 | 67 | 82 |
81 | Guyane | - | 157,213 | 219,266 | 244,118 | 83,534 | 3 | 973 |
82 | Corrèze | 264,129 | 232,576 | 242,896 | 240,781 | 5,857 | 41 | 19 |
83 | Haute-Saône | 219,257 | 229,732 | 238,548 | 238,956 | 5,360 | 45 | 70 |
84 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 189,993 | 222,368 | 229,079 | 228,868 | 4,464 | 51 | 65 |
85 | Indre | 247,912 | 231,139 | 232,004 | 228,091 | 6,791 | 34 | 36 |
86 | Haute-Loire | 251,608 | 209,113 | 221,834 | 226,203 | 4,977 | 45 | 43 |
87 | Nièvre | 255,195 | 225,198 | 220,653 | 215,221 | 6,817 | 32 | 58 |
88 | Mayotte | - | 131,320 | 186,452 | 212,645 | 376 | 566 | 976 |
89 | Meuse | 215,819 | 192,198 | 194,218 | 192,094 | 6,211 | 31 | 55 |
90 | Gers | 193,134 | 172,335 | 185,266 | 190,276 | 6,257 | 30 | 32 |
91 | Haute-Marne | 189,791 | 194,873 | 186,470 | 181,521 | 6,211 | 29 | 52 |
92 | Lot | 166,637 | 160,197 | 172,796 | 173,758 | 5,217 | 33 | 46 |
93 | Haute-Corse | - | 141,603 | 162,013 | 170,974 | 4,666 | 37 | 2B |
94 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 87,566 | 139,561 | 157,965 | 161,916 | 6,925 | 23 | 04 |
95 | Ariège | 161,265 | 137,205 | 150,201 | 152,684 | 4,890 | 31 | 09 |
96 | Corse-du-Sud | - | 118,593 | 140,953 | 149,234 | 4,014 | 37 | 2A |
97 | Cantal | 193,505 | 150,778 | 148,737 | 147,035 | 5,726 | 26 | 15 |
98 | Territoire de Belfort | 99,403 | 137,408 | 141,958 | 144,318 | 609 | 237 | 90 |
99 | Hautes-Alpes | 87,566 | 121,419 | 134,205 | 139,279 | 5,549 | 25 | 05 |
100 | Creuse | 207,882 | 124,470 | 123,907 | 120,872 | 5,565 | 22 | 23 |
101 | Lozère | 101,849 | 73,509 | 76,973 | 76,607 | 5,167 | 15 | 48 |
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