Dreux Population and Area (Eure-et-Loir)

Dreux: Population and Area

With 32,045 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Dreux is the 265^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2^nd most populous in the Eure-et-Loir department, out of 363 communes. It covers 24 km² (5,827^th largest area in France, 52^nd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,320 inhabitants per km², or 12 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 712^th in France for density.

Dreux is located in the Eure-et-Loir department (28), in the Centre-Val de Loire region (formerly Centre), where it ranks 8^th by population out of 1,754 communes. The most populous town in the Eure-et-Loir department is Chartres (39,318 inhabitants); the department is home to 443,227 people over 5,880 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Eure-et-Loir department and the regional ranking: largest city in Centre-Val de Loire.

Towns of similar size in the Eure-et-Loir department: Chartres (pop. 39,318), Lucé (pop. 16,166), Châteaudun (pop. 13,129), Vernouillet (pop. 12,503).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 28134. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.