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Largest city in the Bas-Rhin department: the 2026 ranking

The 514 towns of the Bas-Rhin department (67) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Bas-Rhin department is Strasbourg, with 296,552 inhabitants (ranked 8th in France by population). The largest town by area is Haguenau (183 km²). The most densely populated is Schiltigheim, with 4,577 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Blancherupt has only 29 inhabitants.

The Bas-Rhin department has 1,178,940 inhabitants over 4,755 km², a density of 248 inhabitants per km², 2.3 times the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 20.8% of the population of Grand Est, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Alsace): see the ranking of the largest cities in Grand Est.

The 20 largest cities in the Bas-Rhin department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Strasbourg 296,552 78 3,789 8th
2 Haguenau 36,899 183 202 225th
3 Schiltigheim 34,922 7.6 4,577 240th
4 Illkirch-Graffenstaden 28,336 22 1,276 313th
5 Lingolsheim 20,987 5.7 3,688 462nd
6 Sélestat 19,813 44 446 500th
7 Bischheim 18,797 4.4 4,262 524th
8 Ostwald 14,077 7.1 1,980 717th
9 Obernai 13,037 26 506 780th
10 Bischwiller 12,376 17 717 820th
11 Hœnheim 11,822 3.4 3,457 856th
12 Saverne 11,718 26 451 871st
13 Erstein 10,914 36 301 946th
14 Brumath 10,606 30 359 987th
15 Molsheim 9,438 11 870 1,136th
16 Souffelweyersheim 8,301 4.5 1,841 1,313th
17 Geispolsheim 7,994 22 364 1,366th
18 Wissembourg 7,747 48 161 1,420th
19 Barr 7,246 21 352 1,521st
20 Eckbolsheim 7,229 5.3 1,354 1,526th

Largest towns by area in the Bas-Rhin department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Haguenau 36,899 183 202 51st
2 Strasbourg 296,552 78 3,789 429th
3 Lembach 1,512 49 31 1,245th
4 Wissembourg 7,747 48 161 1,293rd
5 Sélestat 19,813 44 446 1,601st
6 Grandfontaine 401 40 10 2,142nd
7 Erstein 10,914 36 301 2,609th
8 Marckolsheim 4,442 33 133 3,138th
9 Neuwiller-lès-Saverne 1,103 32 35 3,461st
10 Wangenbourg-Engenthal 1,344 32 43 3,556th

Most densely populated towns in the Bas-Rhin department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Schiltigheim 34,922 7.6 4,577 161st
2 Bischheim 18,797 4.4 4,262 182nd
3 Strasbourg 296,552 78 3,789 213th
4 Lingolsheim 20,987 5.7 3,688 222nd
5 Hœnheim 11,822 3.4 3,457 238th
6 Ostwald 14,077 7.1 1,980 462nd
7 Souffelweyersheim 8,301 4.5 1,841 495th
8 Oberhausbergen 5,912 3.8 1,560 591st
9 Eckbolsheim 7,229 5.3 1,354 689th
10 Schirrhoffen 843 0.6 1,338 699th

All towns in the Bas-Rhin department (514)

INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.

Other departments in Grand Est

Ardennes (08) Aube (10) Marne (51) Haute-Marne (52) Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) Meuse (55) Moselle (57) Haut-Rhin (68) Vosges (88) All departments

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); land area: IGN / Observatoire des territoires. Rankings computed across the 34,858 communes in the database.

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