Troyes Population and Area (Aube)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Troyes (Aube)
Troyes: Population and Area
With 63,254 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Troyes is the 91st most populous town in France in 2026 and the most populous in the Aube department, out of 431 communes. It covers 13 km² (14,151st largest area in France, 188th largest in the department), with a population density of 4,792 inhabitants per km², or 44 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 151st in France for density.
Troyes is located in the Aube department (10), in the Grand Est region (formerly Champagne-Ardenne), where it ranks 7th by population out of 5,115 communes. It is the most populous town in the Aube department, which is home to 317,296 people over 6,004 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Aube department and the regional ranking: largest city in Grand Est.
Towns of similar size in the Aube department: Romilly-sur-Seine (pop. 15,231), Saint-André-les-Vergers (pop. 13,018), La Chapelle-Saint-Luc (pop. 12,730).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 10387. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.
Troyes, historic capital of Champagne
Capital of the Aube department and its most populous town, Troyes was the seat of the Counts of Champagne and, in the Middle Ages, the site of great fairs that drew merchants from all over Europe. Its old town, whose layout recalls the shape of a champagne cork, has kept many half-timbered houses.
A great knitwear city
From the 18th to the 20th century, Troyes was the French capital of hosiery: the manufacture of stockings, socks and underwear gave rise to brands known throughout the country and attracted thousands of workers. The decline of textiles brought the population down; the city reinvented itself through retail, with factory outlet stores that draw visitors from far away, heritage tourism centered on the cathedral and churches with remarkable stained glass, and higher education. On a compact territory, Troyes remains dense, at the center of a larger urban area.