Châtellerault Population and Area (Vienne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Châtellerault (Vienne)
Châtellerault Population
31,656 inhabitantsTOP #269
Châtellerault: Population and Area
With 31,656 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Châtellerault is the 269th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Vienne department, out of 265 communes. It covers 52 km² (1,072nd largest area in France, 24th largest in the department), with a population density of 610 inhabitants per km², or 5.6 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,537th in France for density.
Châtellerault is located in the Vienne department (86), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Poitou-Charentes), where it ranks 19th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Vienne department is Poitiers (92,187 inhabitants); the department is home to 449,082 people over 6,990 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Vienne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Vienne department: Poitiers (pop. 92,187), Buxerolles (pop. 10,408), Jaunay-Marigny (pop. 7,784), Saint-Benoît (pop. 7,555).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 86066. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.