Saint-Jean-de-Braye Population and Area (Loiret)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Saint-Jean-de-Braye (Loiret)
Saint-Jean-de-Braye: Population and Area
With 23,773 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saint-Jean-de-Braye is the 386th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Loiret department, out of 325 communes. It covers 14 km² (13,580th largest area in France, 199th largest in the department), with a population density of 1,735 inhabitants per km², or 16 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 526th in France for density.
Saint-Jean-de-Braye is located in the Loiret department (45), in the Centre-Val de Loire region (formerly Centre), where it ranks 11th by population out of 1,754 communes. The most populous town in the Loiret department is Orléans (118,788 inhabitants); the department is home to 705,712 people over 6,775 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Loiret department and the regional ranking: largest city in Centre-Val de Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Loiret department: Orléans (pop. 118,788), Olivet (pop. 24,046), Fleury-les-Aubrais (pop. 22,020), Saran (pop. 17,535), Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (pop. 16,992).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 45284. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.