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Largest city in the Côte-d'Or department: the 2026 ranking

The 698 towns of the Côte-d'Or department (21) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Côte-d'Or department is Dijon, with 164,963 inhabitants (ranked 16th in France by population). The largest town by area is Villiers-le-Duc (84 km²). Dijon is also the most densely populated town, with 4,082 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Orret has only 12 inhabitants.

The Côte-d'Or department has 551,336 inhabitants over 8,763 km², a density of 63 inhabitants per km², 1.7 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 19.2% of the population of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Burgundy): see the ranking of the largest cities in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

The 20 largest cities in the Côte-d'Or department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Dijon 164,963 40 4,082 16th
2 Beaune 20,999 31 671 461st
3 Chenôve 14,415 7.4 1,943 700th
4 Talant 12,075 4.9 2,464 839th
5 Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,300 12 933 909th
6 Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,462 4.5 2,107 1,131st
7 Quetigny 9,318 8.2 1,138 1,150th
8 Longvic 9,035 11 856 1,186th
9 Auxonne 7,668 41 189 1,435th
10 Saint-Apollinaire 7,662 10 748 1,436th
11 Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,772 33 174 1,985th
12 Marsannay-la-Côte 5,499 13 428 2,076th
13 Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,347 21 261 2,132nd
14 Genlis 5,136 12 425 2,226th
15 Montbard 4,773 46 103 2,392nd
16 Is-sur-Tille 4,371 23 194 2,632nd
17 Semur-en-Auxois 4,238 19 221 2,704th
18 Neuilly-Crimolois 3,620 8.2 441 3,181st
19 Gevrey-Chambertin 2,954 25 119 3,884th
20 Venarey-les-Laumes 2,786 10 272 4,087th

Largest towns by area in the Côte-d'Or department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Villiers-le-Duc 109 84 1 359th
2 La Roche-en-Brenil 925 51 18 1,124th
3 Salives 189 48 4 1,313th
4 Selongey 2,429 46 52 1,436th
5 Montbard 4,773 46 103 1,438th
6 Auxonne 7,668 41 189 2,000th
7 Dijon 164,963 40 4,082 2,027th
8 Laignes 678 40 17 2,082nd
9 Étalante 128 39 3 2,185th
10 Saint-Martin-du-Mont 464 38 12 2,360th

Most densely populated towns in the Côte-d'Or department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Dijon 164,963 40 4,082 195th
2 Talant 12,075 4.9 2,464 367th
3 Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,462 4.5 2,107 426th
4 Chenôve 14,415 7.4 1,943 470th
5 Saint-Jean-de-Losne 998 0.6 1,721 537th
6 Quetigny 9,318 8.2 1,138 848th
7 Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,300 12 933 1,012th
8 Longvic 9,035 11 856 1,114th
9 Saint-Apollinaire 7,662 10 748 1,262nd
10 Beaune 20,999 31 671 1,407th

All towns in the Côte-d'Or department (698)

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

Other departments in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Doubs (25) Jura (39) Nièvre (58) Haute-Saône (70) Saône-et-Loire (71) Yonne (89) Territoire de Belfort (90) 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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