Cahors Population and Area (Lot)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Cahors (Lot)
Cahors: Population and Area
With 20,887 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Cahors is the 468th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Lot department, out of 312 communes. It covers 65 km² (658th largest area in France, 5th largest in the department), with a population density of 323 inhabitants per km², or 2.9 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,803rd in France for density.
Cahors is located in the Lot department (46), in the Occitanie region (formerly Midi-Pyrénées), where it ranks 27th by population out of 4,446 communes. It is the most populous town in the Lot department, which is home to 181,747 people over 5,217 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Lot department and the regional ranking: largest city in Occitanie.
Towns of similar size in the Lot department: Figeac (pop. 10,378), Gourdon (pop. 4,313), Pradines (pop. 3,730).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 46042. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.