Les Abymes Population and Area (Guadeloupe)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Les Abymes (Guadeloupe)
Les Abymes: Population and Area
With 51,441 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Les Abymes is the 132nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Guadeloupe department, out of 32 communes. It covers 81 km² (395th largest area in France, 5th largest in the department), with a population density of 633 inhabitants per km², or 5.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,480th in France for density.
Les Abymes is located in the Guadeloupe department (971), in the Guadeloupe region, where it ranks 1st by population out of 32 communes. It is the most populous town in the Guadeloupe department, which is home to 388,493 people over 1,628 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Guadeloupe department and the regional ranking: largest city in Guadeloupe.
Towns of similar size in the Guadeloupe department: Baie-Mahault (pop. 31,335), Le Gosier (pop. 27,983), Petit-Bourg (pop. 24,919).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 97101. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.