Orvault Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Orvault (Loire-Atlantique)
Orvault: Population and Area
With 29,176 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Orvault is the 303rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 5th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 28 km² (4,571st largest area in France, 100th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,054 inhabitants per km², or 9.6 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 891st in France for density.
Orvault is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 11th by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Loire-Atlantique department is Nantes (332,515 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,517,043 people over 6,874 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Loire-Atlantique department: Saint-Nazaire (pop. 76,243), Saint-Herblain (pop. 51,681), Rezé (pop. 44,286), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151), Vertou (pop. 26,684), Couëron (pop. 24,367).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44114. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.