Couëron Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Couëron (Loire-Atlantique)
Couëron: Population and Area
With 24,367 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Couëron is the 377th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 8th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 44 km² (1,638th largest area in France, 52nd largest in the department), with a population density of 553 inhabitants per km², or 5.1 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,697th in France for density.
Couëron is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 17th by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Loire-Atlantique department is Nantes (332,515 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,517,043 people over 6,874 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Loire-Atlantique department: Orvault (pop. 29,176), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151), Vertou (pop. 26,684), Carquefou (pop. 21,509), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (pop. 21,281), Bouguenais (pop. 20,862).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44047. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.