Viry-Châtillon Population and Area (Essonne)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Viry-Châtillon (Essonne)
Viry-Châtillon: Population and Area
With 31,012 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Viry-Châtillon is the 280th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 10th most populous in the Essonne department, out of 194 communes. It covers 6.07 km² (27,164th largest area in France, 133rd largest in the department), with a population density of 5,109 inhabitants per km², or 47 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 136th in France for density.
Viry-Châtillon is located in the Essonne department (91), in the Île-de-France region, where it ranks 100th by population out of 1,266 communes. The most populous town in the Essonne department is Évry-Courcouronnes (67,272 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,351,891 people over 1,804 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Essonne department and the regional ranking: largest city in Île-de-France.
Towns of similar size in the Essonne department: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (pop. 35,744), Vigneux-sur-Seine (pop. 31,607), Ris-Orangis (pop. 31,332), Draveil (pop. 30,323), Yerres (pop. 28,176), Étampes (pop. 27,034).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 91687. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.