Gardanne Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Gardanne (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Gardanne: Population and Area
With 21,934 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Gardanne is the 432nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 13th most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 27 km² (4,801st largest area in France, 53rd largest in the department), with a population density of 812 inhabitants per km², or 7.4 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,173rd in France for density.
Gardanne is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 37th by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department is Marseille (892,391 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,112,170 people over 5,087 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Bouches-du-Rhône department: Marignane (pop. 33,957), Miramas (pop. 26,576), Les Pennes-Mirabeau (pop. 22,791), Allauch (pop. 21,657), Châteauneuf-les-Martigues (pop. 18,582), Châteaurenard (pop. 16,804).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13041. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.