Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Population and Area (Rhône)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Rhône)
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Population
22,045 inhabitantsTOP #428
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon: Population and Area
With 22,045 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon is the 428th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 14th most populous in the Rhône department, out of 266 communes. It covers 6.83 km² (25,386th largest area in France, 193rd largest in the department), with a population density of 3,228 inhabitants per km², or 29 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 263rd in France for density.
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon is located in the Rhône department (69), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 38th 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: Rillieux-la-Pape (pop. 31,691), Décines-Charpieu (pop. 30,064), Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (pop. 23,514), Saint-Genis-Laval (pop. 21,661), Givors (pop. 21,503), Saint-Fons (pop. 19,342).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 69202. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.