Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Population and Area (Essonne)

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois: Population and Area

With 35,744 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is the 238^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 7^th most populous in the Essonne department, out of 194 communes. It covers 9.27 km² (20,413^th largest area in France, 75^th largest in the department), with a population density of 3,856 inhabitants per km², or 35 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 207^th in France for density.

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is located in the Essonne department (91), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 80^th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Essonne department is Évry-Courcouronnes (67,272 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,351,891 people over 1,804 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Essonne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.

Towns of similar size in the Essonne department: Savigny-sur-Orge (pop. 37,876), Palaiseau (pop. 37,773), Athis-Mons (pop. 36,899), Vigneux-sur-Seine (pop. 31,607), Ris-Orangis (pop. 31,332), Viry-Châtillon (pop. 31,012).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 91549. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.