Montigny-lès-Metz Population and Area (Moselle)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Montigny-lès-Metz (Moselle)
Montigny-lès-Metz: Population and Area
With 22,065 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Montigny-lès-Metz is the 426th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Moselle department, out of 725 communes. It covers 6.70 km² (25,680th largest area in France, 378th largest in the department), with a population density of 3,293 inhabitants per km², or 30 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 250th in France for density.
Montigny-lès-Metz is located in the Moselle department (57), in the Grand Est region (formerly Lorraine), where it ranks 19th by population out of 5,115 communes. The most populous town in the Moselle department is Metz (124,396 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,068,899 people over 6,216 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Moselle department and the regional ranking: largest city in Grand Est.
Towns of similar size in the Moselle department: Metz (pop. 124,396), Thionville (pop. 43,398), Forbach (pop. 20,721), Sarreguemines (pop. 20,549), Yutz (pop. 17,680).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 57480. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.