Mâcon Population and Area (Saône-et-Loire)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire)
Mâcon: Population and Area
With 35,885 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Mâcon is the 237th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Saône-et-Loire department, out of 563 communes. It covers 27 km² (4,800th largest area in France, 72nd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,327 inhabitants per km², or 12 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 709th in France for density.
Mâcon is located in the Saône-et-Loire department (71), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (formerly Burgundy), where it ranks 6th 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), Le Creusot (pop. 20,799), Montceau-les-Mines (pop. 17,325), Autun (pop. 14,175).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 71270. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.