Arles Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Arles: Population and Area
With 52,515 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Arles is the 127th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 759 km² (17th largest area in France, largest in the department), with a population density of 69 inhabitants per km², 1.6 times less dense than France as a whole (national average: 110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 12,023rd in France for density.
Arles is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 12th by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department is Marseille (892,391 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,112,170 people over 5,087 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Bouches-du-Rhône department: Marseille (pop. 892,391), Aix-en-Provence (pop. 152,854), Martigues (pop. 48,807), Aubagne (pop. 47,920), Istres (pop. 44,953).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13004. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.