Salon-de-Provence Population and Area (Bouches-du-Rhône)

Salon-de-Provence: Population and Area

With 44,736 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Salon-de-Provence is the 167^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 7^th most populous in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, out of 119 communes. It covers 70 km² (535^th largest area in France, 14^th largest in the department), with a population density of 636 inhabitants per km², or 5.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,475^th in France for density.

Salon-de-Provence is located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department (13), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, where it ranks 17^th by population out of 946 communes. The most populous town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department is Marseille (892,391 inhabitants); the department is home to 2,112,170 people over 5,087 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Towns of similar size in the Bouches-du-Rhône department: Martigues (pop. 48,807), Aubagne (pop. 47,920), Istres (pop. 44,953), La Ciotat (pop. 38,868), Vitrolles (pop. 37,134), Marignane (pop. 33,957).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 13103. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.