Aurillac Population and Area (Cantal)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Aurillac (Cantal)
Aurillac: Population and Area
With 27,578 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Aurillac is the 326th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Cantal department, out of 250 communes. It covers 29 km² (4,249th largest area in France, 64th largest in the department), with a population density of 959 inhabitants per km², or 8.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 981st in France for density.
Aurillac is located in the Cantal department (15), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Auvergne), where it ranks 32nd by population out of 4,025 communes. It is the most populous town in the Cantal department, which is home to 148,813 people over 5,726 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Cantal department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Cantal department: Saint-Flour (pop. 6,853), Arpajon-sur-Cère (pop. 6,543), Ytrac (pop. 4,435).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 15014. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.