Marcq-en-Barœul Population and Area (Nord)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord)
Marcq-en-Barœul: Population and Area
With 40,930 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Marcq-en-Barœul is the 197th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 9th most populous in the Nord department, out of 647 communes. It covers 14 km² (13,187th largest area in France, 88th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,915 inhabitants per km², or 27 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 303rd in France for density.
Marcq-en-Barœul is located in the Nord department (59), in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais), where it ranks 15th by population out of 3,782 communes. The most populous town in the Nord department is Lille (240,109 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,645,946 people over 5,743 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Nord department and the regional ranking: largest city in Hauts-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Nord department: Valenciennes (pop. 43,966), Douai (pop. 41,108), Wattrelos (pop. 41,013), Cambrai (pop. 31,738), Maubeuge (pop. 29,031), Lambersart (pop. 27,572).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 59378. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.