Les Pennes-Mirabeau Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)

Les Pennes-Mirabeau: Population and Area

With 22,791 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Les Pennes-Mirabeau is the 409^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 12^th most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 34 km² (3,079^th largest area in France, 39^th largest in the department), with a population density of 677 inhabitants per km², or 6.2 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,399^th in France for density.

Les Pennes-Mirabeau is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 36^th 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: Vitrolles (pop. 37,134), Marignane (pop. 33,957), Miramas (pop. 26,576), Gardanne (pop. 21,934), Allauch (pop. 21,657), Châteauneuf-les-Martigues (pop. 18,582).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13071. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.