Vaulx-en-Velin Population and Area (Rhône)

Vaulx-en-Velin: Population and Area

With 53,281 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Vaulx-en-Velin is the 122^nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4^th most populous in the Rhône department, out of 266 communes. It covers 21 km² (7,494^th largest area in France, 34^th largest in the department), with a population density of 2,543 inhabitants per km², or 23 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 355^th in France for density.

Vaulx-en-Velin is located in the Rhône department (69), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (formerly Rhône-Alpes), where it ranks 10^th by population out of 4,025 communes. The most populous town in the Rhône department is Lyon (525,314 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,940,015 people over 3,249 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the Rhône department and the regional ranking: largest city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Towns of similar size in the Rhône department: Lyon (pop. 525,314), Villeurbanne (pop. 164,747), Vénissieux (pop. 65,689), Saint-Priest (pop. 49,498), Caluire-et-Cuire (pop. 44,139), Bron (pop. 43,369).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 69256. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.