Compiègne Population and Area (Oise)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Compiègne (Oise)
Compiègne: Population and Area
With 41,774 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Compiègne is the 188th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Oise department, out of 680 communes. It covers 53 km² (1,016th largest area in France, largest in the department), with a population density of 787 inhabitants per km², or 7.2 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,208th in France for density.
Compiègne is located in the Oise department (60), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Picardie), where it ranks 12th by population out of 3,782 communes. The most populous town in the Oise department is Beauvais (56,934 inhabitants); the department is home to 846,757 people over 5,861 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Oise department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Oise department: Beauvais (pop. 56,934), Creil (pop. 36,533), Nogent-sur-Oise (pop. 22,177), Senlis (pop. 15,711).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 60159. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.