Dole Population and Area (Jura)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Dole (Jura)
Dole: Population and Area
With 24,654 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Dole is the 375th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Jura department, out of 492 communes. It covers 38 km² (2,287th largest area in France, 11th largest in the department), with a population density of 642 inhabitants per km², or 5.9 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,466th in France for density.
Dole is located in the Jura department (39), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (formerly Franche-Comté), where it ranks 10th by population out of 3,685 communes. It is the most populous town in the Jura department, which is home to 266,940 people over 4,999 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Jura department and the regional ranking: largest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Towns of similar size in the Jura department: Lons-le-Saunier (pop. 17,480), Saint-Claude (pop. 8,594), Champagnole (pop. 8,456).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 39198. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.