Montélimar Population and Area (Drôme)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Montélimar (Drôme)
Montélimar: Population and Area
With 41,752 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Montélimar is the 189th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Drôme department, out of 362 communes. It covers 47 km² (1,399th largest area in France, 11th largest in the department), with a population density of 892 inhabitants per km², or 8.1 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,068th in France for density.
Montélimar is located in the Drôme department (26), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 15th by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Drôme department is Valence (65,647 inhabitants); the department is home to 536,948 people over 6,525 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Drôme department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Drôme department: Valence (pop. 65,647), Romans-sur-Isère (pop. 34,176), Bourg-lès-Valence (pop. 20,405), Pierrelatte (pop. 14,006).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 26198. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.