List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants (1999 census)
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( metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with over 20,000 inhabitants as of January 2019.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
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As of January 2019, there were 473 communes with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. All figures reflect the municipal population (French: ''population municipale''), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune,INSEE
Municipal populations, definition
excluding population counted apart. The population of the matching
Urban unit In France, an urban unit (''fr: "unité urbaine"'') is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a ...
is usually several time that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.Populations légales 2006: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble
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Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble
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Communes in the overseas territories are listed in a separate table below.


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Overseas territories

For the overseas territories the legal populations sources are: *
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...
: 2019 census * Saint-Barthélemy: 2019 census * Saint-Martin: 2019 census * French Polynesia: 2017 censusRépartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017
Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française
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Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...
: 2018 census * New Caledonia: 2019 censusISEE
Les chiffres détaillés des populations légales par commune de Nouvelle-Calédonie


See also

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Urban area (France) An ''aire urbaine'' (literal and official translation: "urban area") is an INSEE (France's national statistics bureau) statistical concept describing a core of urban development and the extent of its commuter activity. It was replaced by the c ...
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Urban unit In France, an urban unit (''fr: "unité urbaine"'') is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a ...
(including a list of "urban units" with more than 200,000 inhabitants) *
Lists of communes of France The following lists give the communes of France within each department: Metropolitan France French overseas departments and territories Overseas departments (''département d'outre-mer'' or ''DOM''): Overseas collectivities (''colle ...
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by country


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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...