La Ciotat Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for La Ciotat (Bouches-du-Rhône)
La Ciotat: Population and Area
With 38,868 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), La Ciotat is the 206th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 8th most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 31 km² (3,574th largest area in France, 43rd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,235 inhabitants per km², or 11 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 771st in France for density.
La Ciotat is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 21st by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department is Marseille (892,391 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,112,170 people over 5,087 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Towns of similar size in the Bouches-du-Rhône department: Aubagne (pop. 47,920), Istres (pop. 44,953), Salon-de-Provence (pop. 44,736), Vitrolles (pop. 37,134), Marignane (pop. 33,957), Miramas (pop. 26,576).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13028. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.