Bruay-la-Buissière Population and Area (Pas-de-Calais)

Bruay-la-Buissière: Population and Area

With 21,772 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bruay-la-Buissière is the 439^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 8^th most populous in the Pas-de-Calais department, out of 887 communes. It covers 16 km² (10,824^th largest area in France, 48^th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,332 inhabitants per km², or 12 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 705^th in France for density.

Bruay-la-Buissière is located in the Pas-de-Calais department (62), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais), where it ranks 33^rd by population out of 3,782 communes. The most populous town in the Pas-de-Calais department is Calais (68,246 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,479,365 people over 6,671 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Pas-de-Calais department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.

Towns of similar size in the Pas-de-Calais department: Liévin (pop. 30,398), Hénin-Beaumont (pop. 26,029), Béthune (pop. 25,585), Carvin (pop. 18,033), Avion (pop. 17,556), Saint-Omer (pop. 14,954).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 62178. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.