Rezé Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Rezé (Loire-Atlantique)
Rezé: Population and Area
With 44,286 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Rezé is the 170th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 14 km² (13,492nd largest area in France, 172nd largest in the department), with a population density of 3,214 inhabitants per km², or 29 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 264th in France for density.
Rezé is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 10th 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: Nantes (pop. 332,515), Saint-Nazaire (pop. 76,243), Saint-Herblain (pop. 51,681), Orvault (pop. 29,176), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151), Vertou (pop. 26,684).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44143. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.