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Largest city in the Finistère department: the 2026 ranking

The 277 towns of the Finistère department (29) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Finistère department is Brest, with 144,890 inhabitants (ranked 26th in France by population). The largest town by area is Scaër (118 km²). Brest is also the most densely populated town, with 2,926 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Trégarvan has only 137 inhabitants.

The Finistère department has 957,671 inhabitants over 6,733 km², a density of 142 inhabitants per km², close to the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 27.1% of the population of Brittany, the region it belongs to: see the ranking of the largest cities in Brittany.

The 20 largest cities in the Finistère department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Brest 144,890 50 2,926 26th
2 Quimper 66,579 84 788 81st
3 Concarneau 21,635 41 527 444th
4 Landerneau 16,975 13 1,287 589th
5 Guipavas 15,882 44 360 632nd
6 Morlaix 15,647 25 630 644th
7 Douarnenez 14,425 25 578 699th
8 Plouzané 13,863 33 418 731st
9 Plougastel-Daoulas 13,756 47 294 736th
10 Quimperlé 12,948 32 408 783rd
11 Le Relecq-Kerhuon 12,171 6.4 1,893 832nd
12 Fouesnant 10,951 33 334 942nd
13 Landivisiau 9,714 19 512 1,094th
14 Pont-l'Abbé 8,930 18 490 1,197th
15 Plabennec 8,869 50 176 1,207th
16 Ergué-Gabéric 8,808 40 221 1,216th
17 Saint-Renan 8,772 13 659 1,225th
18 Guilers 8,421 19 444 1,288th
19 Carhaix-Plouguer 7,869 26 305 1,394th
20 Lesneven 7,776 10 757 1,416th

Largest towns by area in the Finistère department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Scaër 5,286 118 45 166th
2 Poullaouen 1,504 89 17 314th
3 Quimper 66,579 84 788 357th
4 Plonévez-du-Faou 2,204 81 27 402nd
5 Crozon 7,662 80 95 405th
6 Bannalec 5,868 78 76 439th
7 Pleyben 3,945 76 52 455th
8 Scrignac 828 71 12 522nd
9 Elliant 3,544 70 50 536th
10 Plougonven 3,473 69 50 550th

Most densely populated towns in the Finistère department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Brest 144,890 50 2,926 301st
2 Le Relecq-Kerhuon 12,171 6.4 1,893 480th
3 Landerneau 16,975 13 1,287 745th
4 Guilvinec 2,706 2.5 1,100 866th
5 Locquénolé 821 0.9 966 970th
6 Quimper 66,579 84 788 1,206th
7 Lesneven 7,776 10 757 1,249th
8 Saint-Renan 8,772 13 659 1,433rd
9 Morlaix 15,647 25 630 1,488th
10 Île-Tudy 760 1.3 603 1,553rd

All towns in the Finistère department (277)

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

Other departments in Brittany

Côtes-d'Armor (22) Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Morbihan (56) 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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