Saint-Chamond Population and Area (Loire)

Saint-Chamond: Population and Area

With 36,065 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saint-Chamond is the 236^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3^rd most populous in the Loire department, out of 320 communes. It covers 55 km² (933^rd largest area in France, 2^nd largest in the department), with a population density of 657 inhabitants per km², or 6.0 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,436^th in France for density.

Saint-Chamond is located in the Loire department (42), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 24^th by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Loire department is Saint-Étienne (174,698 inhabitants); the department is home to 788,024 people over 4,781 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Loire department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Towns of similar size in the Loire department: Saint-Étienne (pop. 174,698), Roanne (pop. 36,067), Firminy (pop. 17,241), Montbrison (pop. 16,656), Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (pop. 16,030).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 42207. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.