Talence Population and Area (Gironde)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Talence (Gironde)
Talence: Population and Area
With 47,340 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Talence is the 149th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 8.35 km² (22,119th largest area in France, 306th largest in the department), with a population density of 5,669 inhabitants per km², or 52 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 114th in France for density.
Talence is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 11th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Gironde department is Bordeaux (271,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,716,986 people over 9,976 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Gironde department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Gironde department: Bordeaux (pop. 271,552), Mérignac (pop. 78,946), Pessac (pop. 68,102), Villenave-d'Ornon (pop. 42,858), Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (pop. 33,398), Bègles (pop. 32,221).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33522. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.