Petit-Bourg Population and Area (Guadeloupe)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe)
Petit-Bourg: Population and Area
With 24,919 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Petit-Bourg is the 371st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Guadeloupe department, out of 32 communes. It covers 130 km² (132nd largest area in France, largest in the department), with a population density of 192 inhabitants per km², or 1.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 4,700th in France for density.
Petit-Bourg is located in the Guadeloupe department (971), in the Guadeloupe region, where it ranks 4th by population out of 32 communes. The most populous town in the Guadeloupe department is Les Abymes (51,441 inhabitants); the department is home to 388,493 people over 1,628 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Guadeloupe department and the regional ranking: largest city in Guadeloupe.
Towns of similar size in the Guadeloupe department: Les Abymes (pop. 51,441), Baie-Mahault (pop. 31,335), Le Gosier (pop. 27,983), Sainte-Anne (pop. 24,204), Le Moule (pop. 23,249), Lamentin (pop. 18,881).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 97118. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.