Bourg-en-Bresse Population and Area (Ain)

Bourg-en-Bresse: Population and Area

With 43,961 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bourg-en-Bresse is the 174^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Ain department, out of 391 communes. It covers 24 km² (6,010^th largest area in France, 55^th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,842 inhabitants per km², or 17 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 494^th in France for density.

Bourg-en-Bresse is located in the Ain department (01), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 13^th by population out of 4,025 communes. It is the most populous town in the Ain department, which is home to 694,945 people over 5,762 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Ain department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Towns of similar size in the Ain department: Oyonnax (pop. 22,923), Valserhône (pop. 17,031), Ambérieu-en-Bugey (pop. 16,339).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 01053. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.