Grasse Population and Area (Alpes-Maritimes)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes)
Grasse: Population and Area
With 51,830 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Grasse is the 129th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 5th most populous in the Alpes-Maritimes department, out of 163 communes. It covers 44 km² (1,597th largest area in France, 24th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,166 inhabitants per km², or 11 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 824th in France for density.
Grasse is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department (06), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 13th by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Alpes-Maritimes department is Nice (360,710 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,142,503 people over 4,299 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Alpes-Maritimes department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Alpes-Maritimes department: Antibes (pop. 78,612), Cannes (pop. 75,105), Cagnes-sur-Mer (pop. 53,819), Le Cannet (pop. 42,297), Saint-Laurent-du-Var (pop. 32,366), Menton (pop. 31,012).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 06069. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.