Meyzieu Population and Area (Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Meyzieu (Rhône)
Meyzieu: Population and Area
With 37,006 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Meyzieu is the 222nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 9th most populous in the Rhône department, out of 266 communes. It covers 23 km² (6,405th largest area in France, 27th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,608 inhabitants per km², or 15 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 577th in France for density.
Meyzieu is located in the Rhône department (69), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 21st by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Rhône department is Lyon (525,314 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,940,015 people over 3,249 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Rhône department: Caluire-et-Cuire (pop. 44,139), Bron (pop. 43,369), Oullins-Pierre-Bénite (pop. 38,495), Villefranche-sur-Saône (pop. 36,563), Rillieux-la-Pape (pop. 31,691), Décines-Charpieu (pop. 30,064).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 69282. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.