Saumur Population and Area (Maine-et-Loire)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Saumur (Maine-et-Loire)
Saumur: Population and Area
With 27,096 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Saumur is the 333rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Maine-et-Loire department, out of 176 communes. It covers 66 km² (624th largest area in France, 23rd largest in the department), with a population density of 409 inhabitants per km², or 3.7 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 2,226th in France for density.
Saumur is located in the Maine-et-Loire department (49), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 13th by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Maine-et-Loire department is Angers (162,290 inhabitants); the department is home to 853,768 people over 7,107 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Maine-et-Loire department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Maine-et-Loire department: Angers (pop. 162,290), Cholet (pop. 56,363), Sèvremoine (pop. 26,473), Beaupréau-en-Mauges (pop. 24,720), Chemillé-en-Anjou (pop. 22,615).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 49328. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.