Gap Population and Area (Hautes-Alpes)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Gap (Hautes-Alpes)
Gap: Population and Area
With 42,685 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Gap is the 184th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Hautes-Alpes department, out of 162 communes. It covers 110 km² (186th largest area in France, 6th largest in the department), with a population density of 387 inhabitants per km², or 3.5 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,326th in France for density.
Gap is located in the Hautes-Alpes department (05), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 18th by population out of 946 communes. It is the most populous town in the Hautes-Alpes department, which is home to 147,756 people over 5,549 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Hautes-Alpes department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Hautes-Alpes department: Briançon (pop. 11,744), Embrun (pop. 6,757), Laragne-Montéglin (pop. 3,599).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 05061. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.