Fontenay-sous-Bois Population and Area (Val-de-Marne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Fontenay-sous-Bois (Val-de-Marne)
Fontenay-sous-Bois Population
54,209 inhabitantsTOP #118
Fontenay-sous-Bois: Population and Area
With 54,209 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Fontenay-sous-Bois is the 118th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 8th most populous in the Val-de-Marne department, out of 47 communes. It covers 5.58 km² (28,272nd largest area in France, 16th largest in the department), with a population density of 9,715 inhabitants per km², or 89 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 44th in France for density.
Fontenay-sous-Bois is located in the Val-de-Marne department (94), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 38th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Val-de-Marne department is Vitry-sur-Seine (94,393 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,435,612 people over 245 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Val-de-Marne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Val-de-Marne department: Ivry-sur-Seine (pop. 65,263), Villejuif (pop. 60,473), Maisons-Alfort (pop. 57,144), Vincennes (pop. 48,644), Choisy-le-Roi (pop. 46,126), Alfortville (pop. 45,702).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 94033. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.