Martigues Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)

Martigues: Population and Area

With 48,807 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Martigues is the 139^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4^th most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 71 km² (511^th largest area in France, 12^th largest in the department), with a population density of 683 inhabitants per km², or 6.2 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,387^th in France for density.

Martigues is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 14^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: Marseille (pop. 892,391), Aix-en-Provence (pop. 152,854), Arles (pop. 52,515), Aubagne (pop. 47,920), Istres (pop. 44,953), Salon-de-Provence (pop. 44,736).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13056. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.