Colombes Population and Area (Hauts-de-Seine)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine)
Colombes: Population and Area
With 91,663 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Colombes is the 51st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Hauts-de-Seine department, out of 36 communes. It covers 7.81 km² (23,251st largest area in France, 8th largest in the department), with a population density of 11,737 inhabitants per km², or 107 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 30th in France for density.
Colombes is located in the Hauts-de-Seine department (92), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 10th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Hauts-de-Seine department is Boulogne-Billancourt (120,206 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,670,575 people over 176 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Hauts-de-Seine department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Hauts-de-Seine department: Boulogne-Billancourt (pop. 120,206), Nanterre (pop. 98,383), Asnières-sur-Seine (pop. 94,562), Rueil-Malmaison (pop. 84,409), Courbevoie (pop. 83,480), Levallois-Perret (pop. 68,620).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 92025. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.
Colombes, a major city in the bend of the Seine
Neither a prefecture nor a subprefecture, Colombes is nonetheless one of the four most populous towns in the Hauts-de-Seine. It occupies the heart of the northern bend of the Seine, between Nanterre, Gennevilliers, Asnières-sur-Seine, Bois-Colombes and La Garenne-Colombes, about ten kilometers from Paris.
From factory town to dense residential city
Colombes grew with 20th-century industry, including the Kléber tire factory, and with the arrival of working-class families who came to work in the bend of the Seine. The town is also known for its Stade Yves-du-Manoir, the Olympic stadium of the 1924 Games, renovated to host field hockey at the 2024 Games. On a modest-sized territory, it is now home to a large population: its density, comparable to that of major cities such as Lyon, illustrates how the inner Paris suburbs were built, with detached houses, apartment buildings and former industrial sites sharing every hectare.