Croix Population and Area (Nord)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Croix (Nord)
Croix: Population and Area
With 20,790 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Croix is the 473rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 21st most populous in the Nord department, out of 647 communes. It covers 4.44 km² (30,843rd largest area in France, 504th largest in the department), with a population density of 4,682 inhabitants per km², or 43 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 157th in France for density.
Croix is located in the Nord department (59), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais), where it ranks 38th 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: Coudekerque-Branche (pop. 21,033), Wasquehal (pop. 21,005), Halluin (pop. 20,864), Denain (pop. 20,777), Grande-Synthe (pop. 20,411), Ronchin (pop. 19,943).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 59163. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.