Bourg-lès-Valence Population and Area (Drôme)

Bourg-lès-Valence: Population and Area

With 20,405 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bourg-lès-Valence is the 484^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4^th most populous in the Drôme department, out of 362 communes. It covers 20 km² (7,848^th largest area in France, 104^th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,005 inhabitants per km², or 9.2 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 934^th in France for density.

Bourg-lès-Valence is located in the Drôme department (26), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 42^nd by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Drôme department is Valence (65,647 inhabitants); the department is home to 536,948 people over 6,525 km².

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

Towns of similar size in the Drôme department: Valence (pop. 65,647), Montélimar (pop. 41,752), Romans-sur-Isère (pop. 34,176), Pierrelatte (pop. 14,006), Portes-lès-Valence (pop. 10,650), Bourg-de-Péage (pop. 10,082).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 26058. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.