Bastia Population and Area (Haute-Corse)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Bastia (Haute-Corse)
Bastia: Population and Area
With 47,374 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bastia is the 147th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Haute-Corse department, out of 236 communes. It covers 19 km² (8,421st largest area in France, 67th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,444 inhabitants per km², or 22 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 372nd in France for density.
Bastia is located in the Haute-Corse department (2B), in the Corsica region, where it ranks 2nd by population out of 360 communes. It is the most populous town in the Haute-Corse department, which is home to 189,722 people over 4,666 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Haute-Corse department and the regional ranking: largest city in Corsica.
Towns of similar size in the Haute-Corse department: Borgo (pop. 10,507), Corte (pop. 7,931), Biguglia (pop. 7,780).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 2B033. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.