Pantin Population and Area (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Pantin: Population and Area
With 62,083 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Pantin is the 94th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 8th most populous in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, out of 39 communes. It covers 5.01 km² (29,616th largest area in France, 21st largest in the department), with a population density of 12,392 inhabitants per km², or 113 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 29th in France for density.
Pantin is located in the Seine-Saint-Denis department (93), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 28th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Seine-Saint-Denis department is Saint-Denis (149,936 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,710,659 people over 236 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Seine-Saint-Denis department: Noisy-le-Grand (pop. 73,408), Drancy (pop. 72,583), Le Blanc-Mesnil (pop. 62,547), Bobigny (pop. 57,035), Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (pop. 53,747), Épinay-sur-Seine (pop. 52,944).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 93055. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.
Pantin, a large town on the edge of Paris
Bordering northeastern Paris, on the other side of the Boulevard Périphérique and the Parc de la Villette, Pantin is one of the densest towns in Seine-Saint-Denis: its big-city population fits on a territory of barely 5 km², crossed by the Canal de l'Ourcq.
From industrial town to creative hub
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Pantin lived off industry, warehousing and transportation along the canal and the railway lines: the Grands Moulins de Pantin, a giant flour mill turned into offices, are its symbol. Over the past twenty years or so, the town has attracted creative studios, agencies and cultural institutions, such as the Centre National de la Danse, housed in a former administrative building, while new housing replaces the vacant industrial sites along the canal. Its population, long stable, is growing again, driven by the immediate proximity of Paris and by the metro that serves it.