Narbonne Population and Area (Aude)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Narbonne (Aude)
Narbonne: Population and Area
With 58,669 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Narbonne is the 104th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Aude department, out of 433 communes. It covers 173 km² (62nd largest area in France, largest in the department), with a population density of 339 inhabitants per km², or 3.1 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,653rd in France for density.
Narbonne is located in the Aude department (11), in the Occitanie region (formerly Languedoc-Roussillon), where it ranks 7th by population out of 4,446 communes. It is the most populous town in the Aude department, which is home to 387,874 people over 6,139 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Aude department and the regional ranking: largest city in Occitanie.
Towns of similar size in the Aude department: Carcassonne (pop. 47,153), Castelnaudary (pop. 12,700), Limoux (pop. 10,876).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 11262. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.