Brétigny-sur-Orge Population and Area (Essonne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne)
Brétigny-sur-Orge Density
1,854 inhabitants/km²TOP #488
Brétigny-sur-Orge: Population and Area
With 27,000 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Brétigny-sur-Orge is the 337th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 14th most populous in the Essonne department, out of 194 communes. It covers 15 km² (12,586th largest area in France, 24th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,854 inhabitants per km², or 17 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 488th in France for density.
Brétigny-sur-Orge is located in the Essonne department (91), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 128th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Essonne department is Évry-Courcouronnes (67,272 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,351,891 people over 1,804 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Essonne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Essonne department: Draveil (pop. 30,323), Yerres (pop. 28,176), Étampes (pop. 27,034), Grigny (pop. 26,888), Brunoy (pop. 26,090), Les Ulis (pop. 25,986).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 91103. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.