Charleville-Mézières Population and Area (Ardennes)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes)
Charleville-Mézières: Population and Area
With 46,473 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Charleville-Mézières is the 157th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Ardennes department, out of 447 communes. It covers 31 km² (3,578th largest area in France, 23rd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,478 inhabitants per km², or 13 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 627th in France for density.
Charleville-Mézières is located in the Ardennes department (08), in the Grand Est region (formerly Champagne-Ardenne), where it ranks 8th by population out of 5,115 communes. It is the most populous town in the Ardennes department, which is home to 271,604 people over 5,229 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Ardennes department and the regional ranking: largest city in Grand Est.
Towns of similar size in the Ardennes department: Sedan (pop. 17,029), Rethel (pop. 7,674), Givet (pop. 6,512).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 08105. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.