Anglet Population and Area (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Anglet: Population and Area
With 44,406 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Anglet is the 169th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, out of 545 communes. It covers 27 km² (4,838th largest area in France, 60th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,649 inhabitants per km², or 15 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 566th in France for density.
Anglet is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department (64), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 12th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department is Pau (81,891 inhabitants); the department is home to 725,655 people over 7,645 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department: Pau (pop. 81,891), Bayonne (pop. 55,590), Biarritz (pop. 26,879), Hendaye (pop. 18,506), Saint-Jean-de-Luz (pop. 15,268).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 64024. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.