Hérouville-Saint-Clair Population and Area (Calvados)

Hérouville-Saint-Clair: Population and Area

With 23,672 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Hérouville-Saint-Clair is the 389^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2^nd most populous in the Calvados department, out of 526 communes. It covers 11 km² (17,953^rd largest area in France, 118^th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,225 inhabitants per km², or 20 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 407^th in France for density.

Hérouville-Saint-Clair is located in the Calvados department (14), in the Normandy region (formerly Lower Normandy), where it ranks 12^th by population out of 2,644 communes. The most populous town in the Calvados department is Caen (111,546 inhabitants); the department is home to 722,979 people over 5,534 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Calvados department and the regional ranking: largest city in Normandy.

Towns of similar size in the Calvados department: Caen (pop. 111,546), Lisieux (pop. 20,196), Vire Normandie (pop. 18,238), Bayeux (pop. 13,043).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 14327. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.