Laval Population and Area (Mayenne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Laval (Mayenne)
Laval Density
1,511 inhabitants/km²TOP #614
Laval: Population and Area
With 51,719 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Laval is the 130th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Mayenne department, out of 240 communes. It covers 34 km² (2,958th largest area in France, 41st largest in the department), with a population density of 1,511 inhabitants per km², or 14 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 614th in France for density.
Laval is located in the Mayenne department (53), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 7th by population out of 1,228 communes. It is the most populous town in the Mayenne department, which is home to 314,446 people over 5,175 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Mayenne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Mayenne department: Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne (pop. 17,255), Mayenne (pop. 13,612), Évron (pop. 8,421).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 53130. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.