Saint-Herblain Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique)
Saint-Herblain: Population and Area
With 51,681 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saint-Herblain is the 131st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 30 km² (3,904th largest area in France, 94th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,722 inhabitants per km², or 16 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 535th in France for density.
Saint-Herblain is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 8th 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), Rezé (pop. 44,286), Orvault (pop. 29,176), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44162. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.