Manosque Population and Area (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)

Manosque: Population and Area

With 23,349 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Manosque is the 396^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, out of 198 communes. It covers 57 km² (878^th largest area in France, 27^th largest in the department), with a population density of 412 inhabitants per km², or 3.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,216^th in France for density.

Manosque is located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department (04), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 35^th by population out of 946 communes. It is the most populous town in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, which is home to 172,385 people over 6,925 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Towns of similar size in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department: Digne-les-Bains (pop. 18,764), Sisteron (pop. 8,097), Oraison (pop. 6,270).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 04112. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.