Saint-Genis-Laval Population and Area (Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Saint-Genis-Laval (Rhône)
Saint-Genis-Laval: Population and Area
With 21,661 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saint-Genis-Laval is the 441st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 15th most populous in the Rhône department, out of 266 communes. It covers 13 km² (14,534th largest area in France, 101st largest in the department), with a population density of 1,677 inhabitants per km², or 15 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 555th in France for density.
Saint-Genis-Laval is located in the Rhône department (69), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 39th by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Rhône department is Lyon (525,314 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,940,015 people over 3,249 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Towns of similar size in the Rhône department: Décines-Charpieu (pop. 30,064), Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (pop. 23,514), Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (pop. 22,045), Givors (pop. 21,503), Saint-Fons (pop. 19,342), Écully (pop. 18,243).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 69204. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.