Saint-Médard-en-Jalles Population and Area (Gironde)

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles: Population and Area

With 33,398 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saint-Médard-en-Jalles is the 250^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 6^th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 85 km² (351^st largest area in France, 22^nd largest in the department), with a population density of 392 inhabitants per km², or 3.6 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,303^rd in France for density.

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 16^th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Gironde department is Bordeaux (271,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,716,986 people over 9,976 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Gironde department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Towns of similar size in the Gironde department: Pessac (pop. 68,102), Talence (pop. 47,340), Villenave-d'Ornon (pop. 42,858), Bègles (pop. 32,221), La Teste-de-Buch (pop. 27,909), Gradignan (pop. 27,379).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33449. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.