Hénin-Beaumont Population and Area (Pas-de-Calais)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais)
Hénin-Beaumont: Population and Area
With 26,029 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Hénin-Beaumont is the 354th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 6th most populous in the Pas-de-Calais department, out of 887 communes. It covers 21 km² (7,614th largest area in France, 24th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,256 inhabitants per km², or 11 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 765th in France for density.
Hénin-Beaumont is located in the Pas-de-Calais department (62), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais), where it ranks 25th by population out of 3,782 communes. The most populous town in the Pas-de-Calais department is Calais (68,246 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,479,365 people over 6,671 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Pas-de-Calais department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Pas-de-Calais department: Boulogne-sur-Mer (pop. 40,924), Lens (pop. 33,122), Liévin (pop. 30,398), Béthune (pop. 25,585), Bruay-la-Buissière (pop. 21,772), Carvin (pop. 18,033).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 62427. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.