Bourgoin-Jallieu Population and Area (Isère)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère)
Bourgoin-Jallieu: Population and Area
With 30,773 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bourgoin-Jallieu is the 283rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 5th most populous in the Isère department, out of 512 communes. It covers 24 km² (5,787th largest area in France, 62nd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,263 inhabitants per km², or 12 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 758th in France for density.
Bourgoin-Jallieu is located in the Isère department (38), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 30th by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Isère department is Grenoble (158,303 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,324,225 people over 7,431 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Isère department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Isère department: Saint-Martin-d'Hères (pop. 37,921), Échirolles (pop. 37,710), Vienne (pop. 32,216), Voiron (pop. 22,415), Fontaine (pop. 22,237), Villefontaine (pop. 19,662).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 38053. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.