Rochefort Population and Area (Charente-Maritime)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
Rochefort: Population and Area
With 24,081 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Rochefort is the 382nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Charente-Maritime department, out of 462 communes. It covers 22 km² (6,934th largest area in France, 77th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,097 inhabitants per km², or 10 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 868th in France for density.
Rochefort is located in the Charente-Maritime department (17), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Poitou-Charentes), where it ranks 31st by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Charente-Maritime department is La Rochelle (81,843 inhabitants); the department is home to 688,067 people over 6,864 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Charente-Maritime department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Charente-Maritime department: La Rochelle (pop. 81,843), Saintes (pop. 26,773), Royan (pop. 19,985), Aytré (pop. 9,881), Périgny (pop. 9,055).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 17299. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.