Montbéliard Population and Area (Doubs)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Montbéliard (Doubs)
Montbéliard: Population and Area
With 25,159 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Montbéliard is the 368th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Doubs department, out of 563 communes. It covers 15 km² (12,096th largest area in France, 78th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,676 inhabitants per km², or 15 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 556th in France for density.
Montbéliard is located in the Doubs department (25), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (formerly Franche-Comté), where it ranks 9th by population out of 3,685 communes. The most populous town in the Doubs department is Besançon (121,627 inhabitants); the department is home to 560,477 people over 5,223 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Doubs department and the regional ranking: largest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Towns of similar size in the Doubs department: Besançon (pop. 121,627), Pontarlier (pop. 18,956), Audincourt (pop. 14,303), Valentigney (pop. 10,683).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 25388. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.