Schiltigheim Population and Area (Bas-Rhin)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Schiltigheim (Bas-Rhin)
Schiltigheim: Population and Area
With 34,922 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Schiltigheim is the 240th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Bas-Rhin department, out of 514 communes. It covers 7.63 km² (23,633rd largest area in France, 215th largest in the department), with a population density of 4,577 inhabitants per km², or 42 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 161st in France for density.
Schiltigheim is located in the Bas-Rhin department (67), in the Grand Est region (formerly Alsace), where it ranks 12th by population out of 5,115 communes. The most populous town in the Bas-Rhin department is Strasbourg (296,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,178,940 people over 4,755 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Bas-Rhin department and the regional ranking: largest city in Grand Est.
Towns of similar size in the Bas-Rhin department: Strasbourg (pop. 296,552), Haguenau (pop. 36,899), Illkirch-Graffenstaden (pop. 28,336), Lingolsheim (pop. 20,987), Sélestat (pop. 19,813).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 67447. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.