Cavaillon Population and Area (Vaucluse)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Cavaillon (Vaucluse)
Cavaillon: Population and Area
With 25,991 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Cavaillon is the 356th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Vaucluse department, out of 151 communes. It covers 46 km² (1,476th largest area in France, 16th largest in the department), with a population density of 566 inhabitants per km², or 5.2 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,655th in France for density.
Cavaillon is located in the Vaucluse department (84), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 33rd by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Vaucluse department is Avignon (93,567 inhabitants); the department is home to 582,656 people over 3,567 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Vaucluse department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Vaucluse department: Avignon (pop. 93,567), Carpentras (pop. 32,388), Orange (pop. 30,314), L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (pop. 20,755), Pertuis (pop. 19,817), Sorgues (pop. 19,227).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 84035. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.