Beauvais Population and Area (Oise)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Beauvais (Oise)
Beauvais: Population and Area
With 56,934 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Beauvais is the 110th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Oise department, out of 680 communes. It covers 33 km² (3,153rd largest area in France, 2nd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,709 inhabitants per km², or 16 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 541st in France for density.
Beauvais is located in the Oise department (60), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Picardie), where it ranks 8th by population out of 3,782 communes. It is the most populous town in the Oise department, which is home to 846,757 people over 5,861 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Oise department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Oise department: Compiègne (pop. 41,774), Creil (pop. 36,533), Nogent-sur-Oise (pop. 22,177).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 60057. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.