Périgueux Population and Area (Dordogne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Périgueux (Dordogne)
Périgueux: Population and Area
With 30,496 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Périgueux is the 284th most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Dordogne department, out of 503 communes. It covers 9.82 km² (19,411th largest area in France, 376th largest in the department), with a population density of 3,106 inhabitants per km², or 28 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 276th in France for density.
Périgueux is located in the Dordogne department (24), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 20th by population out of 4,293 communes. It is the most populous town in the Dordogne department, which is home to 427,558 people over 9,047 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Dordogne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Dordogne department: Bergerac (pop. 27,863), Boulazac Isle Manoire (pop. 11,105), Sarlat-la-Canéda (pop. 9,099).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 24322. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.