Coudekerque-Branche Population and Area (Nord)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Coudekerque-Branche (Nord)
Coudekerque-Branche: Population and Area
With 21,033 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Coudekerque-Branche is the 459th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 18th most populous in the Nord department, out of 647 communes. It covers 9.14 km² (20,665th largest area in France, 215th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,301 inhabitants per km², or 21 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 395th in France for density.
Coudekerque-Branche is located in the Nord department (59), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais), where it ranks 35th by population out of 3,782 communes. The most populous town in the Nord department is Lille (240,109 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,645,946 people over 5,743 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Nord department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Nord department: Hazebrouck (pop. 22,331), La Madeleine (pop. 22,006), Mons-en-Barœul (pop. 21,244), Wasquehal (pop. 21,005), Halluin (pop. 20,864), Croix (pop. 20,790).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 59155. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.