Angoulême Population and Area (Charente)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Angoulême (Charente)
Angoulême: Population and Area
With 43,454 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Angoulême is the 179th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Charente department, out of 359 communes. It covers 22 km² (6,999th largest area in France, 87th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,989 inhabitants per km², or 18 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 456th in France for density.
Angoulême is located in the Charente department (16), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Poitou-Charentes), where it ranks 13th by population out of 4,293 communes. It is the most populous town in the Charente department, which is home to 361,286 people over 5,951 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Charente department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Charente department: Cognac (pop. 18,984), Soyaux (pop. 10,396), La Couronne (pop. 8,012).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 16015. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.