Les Sables-d'Olonne Population and Area (Vendée)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Les Sables-d'Olonne (Vendée)
Les Sables-d'Olonne: Population and Area
With 50,924 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Les Sables-d'Olonne is the 134th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Vendée department, out of 253 communes. It covers 86 km² (346th largest area in France, 6th largest in the department), with a population density of 594 inhabitants per km², or 5.4 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,569th in France for density.
Les Sables-d'Olonne is located in the Vendée department (85), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 9th by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Vendée department is La Roche-sur-Yon (57,683 inhabitants); the department is home to 732,903 people over 6,714 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Vendée department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Vendée department: La Roche-sur-Yon (pop. 57,683), Challans (pop. 23,627), Montaigu-Vendée (pop. 21,789), Les Herbiers (pop. 17,053).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 85194. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.