Décines-Charpieu Population and Area (Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Décines-Charpieu (Rhône)
Décines-Charpieu: Population and Area
With 30,064 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Décines-Charpieu is the 294th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 12th most populous in the Rhône department, out of 266 communes. It covers 17 km² (10,242nd largest area in France, 55th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,767 inhabitants per km², or 16 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 511th in France for density.
Décines-Charpieu is located in the Rhône department (69), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 31st by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Rhône department is Lyon (525,314 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,940,015 people over 3,249 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Rhône department: Meyzieu (pop. 37,006), Villefranche-sur-Saône (pop. 36,563), Rillieux-la-Pape (pop. 31,691), Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (pop. 23,514), Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (pop. 22,045), Saint-Genis-Laval (pop. 21,661).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 69275. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.