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The 20 biggest cities in France (based on their population)

The 20 biggest CITIES IN France (BASED ON THEIR POPULATION) 1ST january 2006

CITY

REgion

DEpartment (administrative units)

Population

SuRFACE AREA [km²]

DensitY [PER km²]

1) Paris

Île de France

Paris

2, 181 371

105,40

20 433

2) Marseille

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Bouches du Rhône

839 043

240,62

3 436

3) Lyon

Rhône-Alpes

Rhône

472 305

47,87

9 868

4) Toulouse

Midi-Pyrénées

Haute Garonne

437 715

118,30

3 300

5) Nice

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur

Alpes Maritimes

347 060

71,92

4 771

6) Nantes

Pays de la Loire

Loire Atlantique

282 853

65,19

4 325

7) Strasbourg

Alsace

Bas Rhin

272 975

78,26

3 375

8) Montpellier

Languedoc-Roussillon

Hérault

251 634

56,88

3 963

9) Bordeaux

Aquitaine

Gironde

232 260

49,36

4 671

10) Lille

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Nord

226 014

34,83

6 457

11) Rennes

Bretagne

Ille et Vilaine

209 613

50,39

4 093

12) Reims

Champagne Ardenne

Marne

183 837

46,90

3 990

13) Le Havre

Haute-Normandie

Seine Maritime

182 580

46,95

3 917

14) Saint Étienne

Rhône-Alpes

Loire

177 480

79,97

2 197

15) Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Var

167 816

42,84

3 907

16) Grenoble

Rhône-Alpes

Isère

156 107

18,13

8 555

17) Dijon

Bourgogne

Côte d’Or

152 337

40,41

3 731

18) Angers

Pays de la Loire

Maine et Loire

151 504

42,70

3 576

19) Brest

Bretagne

Finistère

144 548

49,51

3 023

20) Le Mans

Pays de la Loire

Sarthe

144 092

52,81

2 754

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