Gradignan Population and Area (Gironde)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Gradignan (Gironde)
Gradignan: Population and Area
With 27,379 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Gradignan is the 331st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 9th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 16 km² (11,365th largest area in France, 150th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,736 inhabitants per km², or 16 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 525th in France for density.
Gradignan is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 23rd by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Gironde department is Bordeaux (271,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,716,986 people over 9,976 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Gironde department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Gironde department: Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (pop. 33,398), Bègles (pop. 32,221), La Teste-de-Buch (pop. 27,909), Cenon (pop. 27,065), Lormont (pop. 26,158), Libourne (pop. 25,591).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33192. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.