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France

Official name:

the French Republic

Name in native language:

la France

Capital:

Paris

ISO country code

FR

Nat. statistical agency:

Insee

Region:

Western Europe

Census Results

1762-xx-xx : 21,769,163
1801-xx-xx : 27,349,003
1806-xx-xx : 29,107,435
1821-xx-xx : 30,471,875
1831-xx-xx : 32,569,223
1836-xx-xx : 33,540,910
1841-xx-xx : 34,230,178
1846-xx-xx :
1851-xx-xx : 35,783,206
1856-xx-xx : 36,039,364
1861-xx-xx : 37,386,313
1866-xx-xx : 38,067,064
1872-xx-xx : 36,102,921
1876-xx-xx : 36,905,788
1881-xx-xx : 37,672,048
1886-xx-xx : 38,218,903
1891-04-12 : 38,342,948
1896-xx-xx : 38,517,975
1901-03-24 : 38,961,945
1906-03-04 : 39,252,245
1911-03-05 : 39,601,509
1921-03-06 : 39,209,158
1926-03-07 : 40,743,874
1931-03-08 : 41,834,923
1936-03-08 : 41,907,056
1946-03-10 : 40,502,513
1954-05-10 : 42,777,162
1962-03-07 : 46,520,271
1968-03-01 : 49,778,540
1975-02-20 : 52,591,584
1982-03-04 : 54,334,871
1990-03-05 : 56,615,155
1999-03-08 : 58,518,395

the French Republic

Administrative units

code	region département	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1999-03-08 census	population 2006-01-01 admin.
source: Insee, France.
fr-42 »	Alsace	Strasbourg	8,280.20	1,734,145	1,847,604
67	Bas-Rhin	Strasbourg	4,755.03	1,026,120	1,096,711
68	Haut-Rhin	Colmar	3,525.17	708,025	750,893
fr-72 »	Aquitaine	Bordeaux	41,308.42	2,908,359	3,205,490
24	Dordogne	Périgueux	9,060.01	388,293	416,729
33	Gironde	Bordeaux	10,000.14	1,287,334	1,421,659
40	Landes	Mont de Marsan	9,242.60	327,334	375,869
47	Lot-et-Garonne	Agen	5,360.91	305,380	333,555
64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Pau	7,644.76	600,018	657,678
fr-83 »	Auvergne	Clermont-Ferrand	26,012.89	1,308,878	1,379,138
03	Allier	Moulins	7,340.11	344,721	354,231
15	Cantal	Aurillac	5,725.98	150,778	155,998
43	Haute-Loire	Le Puy	4,977.14	209,113	227,741
63	Puy-de-Dôme	Clermont Ferrand	7,969.66	604,266	641,168
fr-25 »	Basse Normandie	Caen	17,589.32	1,422,193	1,500,300
14	Calvados	Caen	5,547.92	648,385	687,348
50	Manche	Saint Lô	5,938.02	481,471	509,952
61	Orne	Alençon	6,103.38	292,337	303,000
fr-26 »	Bourgogne	Dijon	31,581.96	1,610,067	1,681,293
21	Côte-d'Or	Dijon	8,763.21	506,755	531,211
58	Nièvre	Nevers	6,816.71	225,198	229,726
71	Saône-et-Loire	Macon	8,574.69	544,893	569,083
89	Yonne	Auxerre	7,427.35	333,221	351,273
fr-53 »	Bretagne	Rennes	27,207.91	2,906,197	3,193,598
22	Côtes-d'Armor	Saint Brieuc	6,877.55	542,373	591,883
29	Finistère	Quimper	6,733.00	852,418	913,309
35	Ille-et-Vilaine	Rennes	6,774.72	867,533	970,580
56	Morbihan	Vannes	6,822.64	643,873	717,826
fr-24 »	Centre	Orléans	39,150.94	2,440,329	2,591,265
18	Cher	Bourges	7,234.99	314,428	323,579
28	Eure-et-Loire	Chartres	5,879.95	407,665	433,053
36	Indre	Chateauroux	6,790.63	231,139	240,565
37	Indre-et-Loire	Tours	6,126.70	554,003	595,100
41	Loir-et-Cher	Blois	6,775.23	314,968	335,749
45	Loiret	Orléans	6,343.44	618,126	663,219
fr-21 »	Champagne-Ardenne	Châlons-en-Champagne	25,605.75	1,342,363	1,378,356
08	Ardennes	Charleville-Mézières	5,229.41	290,130	294,635
10	Aube	Troyes	6,004.16	292,131	308,503
52	Haute-Marne	Chaumont	6,210.60	194,873	194,828
51	Marne	Châlons sur Marne	8,161.58	565,229	580,390
fr-94 »	Corse	Ajaccio	8,679.79	260,196	299,542
2A	Corse du Sud	Ajaccio	4,014.22	118,593	138,329
2B	Haute Corse	Bastia	4,665.57	141,603	161,213
fr-43 »	Franche-Comté	Besançon	16,202.34	1,117,059	1,187,665
25	Doubs	Besançon	5,233.64	499,062	531,607
70	Haute-Saône	Vesoul	5,360.08	229,732	243,458
39	Jura	Lons le Saunier	4,999.18	250,857	267,941
90	Territoire de Belfort	Belfort	609.44	137,408	144,659
fr-01 »	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	1,628.40	386,566	407,719
971	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	1,628.40	386,566	407,719
fr-03 »	Guyane	Cayenne	83,533.90	157,213	208,171
fr-23 »	Haute-Normandie	Rouen	12,317.42	1,780,192	1,851,344
27	Eure	Evreux	6,039.85	541,054	582,034
76	Seine-Maritime	Rouen	6,277.57	1,239,138	1,269,310
fr-11 »	Île-de-France	Paris	12,012.27	10,952,011	11,671,585
91	Essonne	Évry	1,804.40	1,134,238	1,214,290
92	Hauts-de-Seine	Nanterre	175.61	1,428,881	1,552,943
75	Paris	Paris	105.40	2,125,246	2,201,578
77	Seine-et-Marne	Melun	5,915.29	1,193,767	1,294,762
93	Seine-Saint-Denis	Bobigny	236.20	1,382,861	1,503,536
95	Val-d'Oise	Pontoise	1,245.91	1,105,464	1,172,742
94	Val-de-Marne	Créteil	245.03	1,227,250	1,310,345
78	Yvelines	Versailles	2,284.43	1,354,304	1,421,389
fr-91 »	Languedoc-Roussillon	Montpellier	27,375.66	2,295,648	2,589,704
11	Aude	Carcassonne	6,138.98	309,770	350,198
30	Gard	Nîmes	5,852.77	623,125	698,698
34	Hérault	Montpellier	6,101.01	896,441	1,018,958
48	Lozère	Mende	5,166.88	73,509	80,965
66	Pyrénées-Orientales	Perpignan	4,116.02	392,803	440,885
fr-74 »	Limousin	Limoges	16,942.34	710,939	753,537
19	Corrèze	Tulle	5,856.83	232,576	249,000
23	Creuse	Guéret	5,565.38	124,470	128,492
87	Haute-Vienne	Limoges	5,520.13	353,893	376,045
fr-41 »	Lorraine	Metz	23,547.40	2,310,376	2,391,381
54	Meurthe-et-Moselle	Nancy	5,245.91	713,779	738,974
55	Meuse	Bar le Duc	6,211.44	192,198	200,198
57	Moselle	Metz	6,216.27	1,023,447	1,058,410
88	Vosges	Epinal	5,873.78	380,952	393,799
fr-02 »	Martinique	Fort-de-France	1,128.00	381,427	403,820
fr-73 »	Midi-Pyrénées	Toulouse	45,347.94	2,551,687	2,855,792
09	Ariège	Foix	4,890.00	137,205	151,477
12	Aveyron	Rodez	8,736.00	263,808	285,177
32	Gers	Auch	6,257.00	172,335	188,524
31	Haute-Garonne	Toulouse	6,309.00	1,046,338	1,207,642
65	Hautes-Pyrénées	Tarbes	4,464.00	222,368	236,091
46	Lot	Cahors	5,217.00	160,197	176,021
81	Tarn	Albi	5,758.00	343,402	377,500
82	Tarn-et-Garonne	Montauban	3,718.00	206,034	233,360
fr-31 »	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Lille	12,414.09	3,996,588	4,088,785
59	Nord	Lille	5,742.74	2,555,020	2,607,356
62	Pas-de-Calais	Arras	6,671.35	1,441,568	1,481,429
fr-52 »	Pays de la Loire	Nantes	32,081.77	3,222,061	3,553,353
44	Loire-Atlantique	Nantes	6,815.38	1,134,266	1,268,173
49	Maine-et-Loire	Angers	7,165.60	732,942	790,659
53	Mayenne	Laval	5,175.21	285,338	309,106
72	Sarthe	Le Mans	6,205.99	529,851	568,708
85	Vendée	La Roche sur Yon	6,719.59	539,664	616,707
fr-22 »	Picardie	Amiens	19,399.46	1,857,834	1,942,169
02	Aisne	Laon	7,369.12	535,842	552,216
60	Oise	Beauvais	5,860.22	766,441	812,454
80	Somme	Amiens	6,170.12	555,551	577,499
fr-54 »	Poitou Charentes	Poitiers	25,809.53	1,640,068	1,778,856
16	Charente	Angoulême	5,955.99	339,628	360,170
17	Charente-Maritime	La Rochelle	6,863.75	557,024	616,708
79	Deux-Sèvres	Niort	5,999.35	344,392	371,747
86	Vienne	Poitiers	6,990.44	399,024	430,231
fr-93 »	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Marseille	31,399.77	4,506,151	4,896,850
04	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Digne	6,925.22	139,561	159,681
06	Alpes-Maritimes	Nice	4,298.58	1,011,326	1,087,863
13	Bouches-du-Rhône	Marseille	5,087.49	1,835,719	1,963,988
05	Hautes-Alpes	Gap	5,548.68	121,419	135,824
83	Var	Toulon	5,972.54	898,441	1,002,739
84	Vaucluse	Avignon	3,567.26	499,685	546,755
fr-04 »	Réunion, La	Saint-Denis	2,503.72	706,300	791,321
974	La Réunion	Saint-Denis	2,503.72	706,300	791,321
fr-82 »	Rhône-Alpes	Lyon	43,698.23	5,645,407	6,172,369
01	Ain	Bourg en Bresse	5,762.39	515,270	583,595
07	Ardèche	Privas	5,528.64	286,023	316,168
26	Drôme	Valence	6,529.95	437,778	483,120
74	Haute-Savoie	Annecy	4,387.80	631,679	717,735
38	Isère	Grenoble	7,431.49	1,094,006	1,195,585
42	Loire	Saint-Étienne	4,780.59	728,524	759,605
69	Rhône	Lyon	3,249.12	1,578,869	1,700,438
73	Savoie	Chambéry	6,028.25	373,258	416,123
	total		543,965.00	60,185,831	60,825,000

Agglomerations

name	population 1990-03-05 census	population 1999-03-08 census
Paris	9,318,821	9,644,507
Marseille - Aix-en-Provence	1,230,936	1,349,772
Lyon	1,262,223	1,348,832
Lille	959,234	1,000,900
Nice	516,740	888,784
Toulouse	650,336	761,090
Bordeaux	696,364	753,931
Nantes	496,078	544,932
Toulon	437,553	519,640
Douai - Lens	323,174	518,727
Strasbourg	388,483	427,245
Grenoble	404,733	419,334
Rouen	380,161	389,862
Valenciennes	338,392	357,395
Nancy	329,447	331,363
Metz	193,117	322,526
Tours	282,152	297,631
Saint-Étienne	313,338	291,960
Montpellier	248,303	287,981
Rennes	245,065	272,263
Orléans	243,153	263,292
Béthune	261,535	259,198
Clermont-Ferrand	254,416	258,541
Avignon	181,136	253,580
Le Havre	253,627	248,547
Dijon	230,451	236,953
Mulhouse	223,856	234,445
Angers	208,282	226,843
Reims	206,437	215,581
Brest	201,480	210,055
source: Insee, France. note: agglomerations based on the French term "unités urbaines".

Main cities

name	population 1999-03-08 census	population 2006-01-01 admin.
Paris	2,125,246	2,201,578
Marseille	798,430	847,084
Lyon	445,452	480,778
Toulouse	390,350	444,392
Nice	342,738	350,735
Nantes	270,251	290,871
Strasbourg	264,115	276,867
Montpellier	225,392	254,974
Bordeaux	215,363	235,878
Lille	212,597	232,432
Rennes	206,229	214,813
Reims	187,206	188,078
Le Havre	190,905	185,311
Saint-Étienne	180,210	180,773
Toulon	160,639	170,041
Grenoble	153,317	158,746
Angers	151,279	156,965
Dijon	149,867	155,340
Brest	149,634	148,316
Le Mans	146,105	148,169
Nîmes	133,424	147,114
Aix-en-Provence	134,222	145,721
Clermont-Ferrand	137,140	142,449
Tours	132,820	140,252
Saint-Denis	131,557	139,863
Amiens	135,501	139,271
Limoges	133,968	139,026
Villeurbanne	124,215	138,596
Metz	123,776	126,706
Besançon	117,733	121,012
Perpignan	105,115	117,500
Orléans	113,126	116,256
Caen	113,987	113,249
Mulhouse	110,359	112,260
Boulogne-Billancourt	106,367	111,280
Rouen	106,592	110,276
Nancy	103,605	107,434
Argenteuil	..	104,189
Montreuil	..	102,369
Saint-Paul	87,712	100,818
source: Insee, France.