Bressuire Population and Area (Deux-Sèvres)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres)
Bressuire: Population and Area
With 21,034 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bressuire is the 458th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Deux-Sèvres department, out of 252 communes. It covers 181 km² (53rd largest area in France, largest in the department), with a population density of 116 inhabitants per km², close to the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 7,619th in France for density.
Bressuire is located in the Deux-Sèvres department (79), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Poitou-Charentes), where it ranks 35th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Deux-Sèvres department is Niort (61,675 inhabitants); the department is home to 385,771 people over 5,999 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Deux-Sèvres department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Deux-Sèvres department: Niort (pop. 61,675), Thouars (pop. 14,178), Parthenay (pop. 10,555), Mauléon (pop. 8,855).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 79049. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.