
Sotteville-lès-Rouen Population and Area (Seine-Maritime)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Sotteville-lès-Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
Sotteville-lès-Rouen: Population and Area
With 29,464 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Sotteville-lès-Rouen is the 300th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Seine-Maritime department, out of 707 communes. It covers 7.44 km² (24,033rd largest area in France, 334th largest in the department), with a population density of 3,960 inhabitants per km², or 36 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 200th in France for density.
Sotteville-lès-Rouen is located in the Seine-Maritime department (76), in the Normandy region (formerly Upper Normandy), where it ranks 7th by population out of 2,644 communes. The most populous town in the Seine-Maritime department is Le Havre (168,588 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,281,667 people over 6,278 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Seine-Maritime department and the regional ranking: largest city in Normandy.
Towns of similar size in the Seine-Maritime department: Le Havre (pop. 168,588), Rouen (pop. 119,165), Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (pop. 29,760), Dieppe (pop. 28,970), Le Grand-Quevilly (pop. 25,999), Le Petit-Quevilly (pop. 22,477).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 76681. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.