Le Creusot Population and Area (Saône-et-Loire)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire)
Le Creusot: Population and Area
With 20,799 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Le Creusot is the 472nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Saône-et-Loire department, out of 563 communes. It covers 18 km² (9,367th largest area in France, 173rd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,148 inhabitants per km², or 10 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 839th in France for density.
Le Creusot is located in the Saône-et-Loire department (71), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (formerly Burgundy), where it ranks 12th by population out of 3,685 communes. The most populous town in the Saône-et-Loire department is Chalon-sur-Saône (46,481 inhabitants); the department is home to 564,938 people over 8,575 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Saône-et-Loire department and the regional ranking: largest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Towns of similar size in the Saône-et-Loire department: Chalon-sur-Saône (pop. 46,481), Mâcon (pop. 35,885), Montceau-les-Mines (pop. 17,325), Autun (pop. 14,175), Paray-le-Monial (pop. 9,677).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 71153. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.