Bouguenais Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Bouguenais (Loire-Atlantique)
Bouguenais: Population and Area
With 20,862 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bouguenais is the 470th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 11th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 32 km² (3,561st largest area in France, 89th largest in the department), with a population density of 662 inhabitants per km², or 6.0 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,422nd in France for density.
Bouguenais is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 23rd by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Loire-Atlantique department is Nantes (332,515 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,517,043 people over 6,874 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Loire-Atlantique department: Couëron (pop. 24,367), Carquefou (pop. 21,509), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (pop. 21,281), Pornic (pop. 19,257), La Baule-Escoublac (pop. 17,435), Guérande (pop. 17,355).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44020. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.