Albi Population and Area (Tarn)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Albi (Tarn)
Albi: Population and Area
With 52,783 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Albi is the 125th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Tarn department, out of 314 communes. It covers 44 km² (1,611th largest area in France, 23rd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,193 inhabitants per km², or 11 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 805th in France for density.
Albi is located in the Tarn department (81), in the Occitanie region (formerly Midi-Pyrénées), where it ranks 8th by population out of 4,446 communes. It is the most populous town in the Tarn department, which is home to 407,233 people over 5,758 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Tarn department and the regional ranking: largest city in Occitanie.
Towns of similar size in the Tarn department: Castres (pop. 43,800), Gaillac (pop. 16,531), Graulhet (pop. 13,332).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 81004. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.