Gujan-Mestras Population and Area (Gironde)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Gujan-Mestras (Gironde)
Gujan-Mestras: Population and Area
With 22,615 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Gujan-Mestras is the 412th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 15th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 54 km² (965th largest area in France, 34th largest in the department), with a population density of 419 inhabitants per km², or 3.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,177th in France for density.
Gujan-Mestras is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 34th 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: Libourne (pop. 25,591), Le Bouscat (pop. 25,441), Eysines (pop. 25,154), Bruges (pop. 20,233), Floirac (pop. 18,439), Blanquefort (pop. 17,850).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33199. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.