Cenon Population and Area (Gironde)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Cenon (Gironde)
Cenon: Population and Area
With 27,065 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Cenon is the 335th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 10th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 5.52 km² (28,409th largest area in France, 432nd largest in the department), with a population density of 4,903 inhabitants per km², or 45 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 147th in France for density.
Cenon is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 24th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Gironde department is Bordeaux (271,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,716,986 people over 9,976 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Gironde department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Gironde department: Bègles (pop. 32,221), La Teste-de-Buch (pop. 27,909), Gradignan (pop. 27,379), Lormont (pop. 26,158), Libourne (pop. 25,591), Le Bouscat (pop. 25,441).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33119. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.