Draveil Population and Area (Essonne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Draveil (Essonne)
Draveil: Population and Area
With 30,323 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Draveil is the 289th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 11th most populous in the Essonne department, out of 194 communes. It covers 16 km² (11,406th largest area in France, 21st largest in the department), with a population density of 1,925 inhabitants per km², or 18 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 474th in France for density.
Draveil is located in the Essonne department (91), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 104th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Essonne department is Évry-Courcouronnes (67,272 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,351,891 people over 1,804 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Essonne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Essonne department: Vigneux-sur-Seine (pop. 31,607), Ris-Orangis (pop. 31,332), Viry-Châtillon (pop. 31,012), Yerres (pop. 28,176), Étampes (pop. 27,034), Brétigny-sur-Orge (pop. 27,000).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 91201. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.