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As of January 2019, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) 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. [1] All figures reflect the municipal population (French: population ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 88 subcategories, out of 88 total. Metropolitan areas of France (2 C, 8 P) Port cities and towns in France (2 C) Planned communities in France (2 C, 4 P) Prefectures in France (72 C, 102 P) Subprefectures in France (36 C, 235 P)
List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants (2006 census) List of communes in France (2008 version) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at ...
In metropolitan France the largest commune is the commune of Arles (50,513 inhabitants) near Marseille, the territory of which encompasses most of the Camargue (the delta of the Rhône): 8.7 times the area of the city of Paris (excluding the outlying parks of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes) at 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi).
Marseille is the third largest city in France by urban area (when combined with Aix-en-Provence), and the second most populous city in France, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021 (Jan. census) [7] over a municipal territory of 241 km 2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km 2 ...
Lyon. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Lyon[c] is the third largest city of France and second largest urban area. [d] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris ...
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-largest city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
Tours (10–13 June 1940), the city served as the temporary capital of France during World War II after the government fled Paris due to the German advance. Bordeaux (June 1940), the government was relocated from Paris to Tours then Bordeaux very briefly during World War II, when it became apparent that Paris would soon fall into German hands.