Chartres Population and Area (Eure-et-Loir)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Chartres (Eure-et-Loir)
Chartres: Population and Area
With 39,318 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Chartres is the 203rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Eure-et-Loir department, out of 363 communes. It covers 17 km² (10,355th largest area in France, 108th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,333 inhabitants per km², or 21 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 387th in France for density.
Chartres is located in the Eure-et-Loir department (28), in the Centre-Val de Loire region (formerly Centre), where it ranks 6th by population out of 1,754 communes. It is the most populous town in the Eure-et-Loir department, which is home to 443,227 people over 5,880 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Eure-et-Loir department and the regional ranking: largest city in Centre-Val de Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Eure-et-Loir department: Dreux (pop. 32,045), Lucé (pop. 16,166), Châteaudun (pop. 13,129).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 28085. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.