Largest city in Guadeloupe: the 2026 ranking

The 32 towns of Guadeloupe (971) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in Guadeloupe is Les Abymes, with 51,441 inhabitants (ranked 132^nd in France by population). The largest town by area is Petit-Bourg (130 km²). The most densely populated is Pointe-à-Pitre, with 5,681 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Terre-de-Bas has only 892 inhabitants.

Guadeloupe has 388,493 inhabitants over 1,628 km², a density of 239 inhabitants per km², 2.2 times the national average (110 per km²). Guadeloupe is both an overseas department and an overseas region: see also its region page.

The 20 largest cities in Guadeloupe by population

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Les Abymes	51,441	81	633	132^nd
2	Baie-Mahault	31,335	46	681	276^th
3	Le Gosier	27,983	45	619	318^th
4	Petit-Bourg	24,919	130	192	371^st
5	Sainte-Anne	24,204	80	301	381^st
6	Le Moule	23,249	83	281	399^th
7	Lamentin	18,881	66	288	520^th
8	Sainte-Rose	17,906	119	151	554^th
9	Capesterre-Belle-Eau	17,834	103	173	557^th
10	Morne-à-l'Eau	16,367	65	254	606^th
11	Pointe-à-Pitre	15,112	2.7	5,681	665^th
12	Saint-François	14,101	61	231	715^th
13	Saint-Claude	10,358	34	302	1,017^th
14	Basse-Terre	9,614	5.8	1,663	1,110^th
15	Petit-Canal	8,337	71	118	1,308^th
16	Goyave	7,630	60	127	1,440^th
17	Trois-Rivières	7,548	31	243	1,453^rd
18	Gourbeyre	7,412	23	329	1,481^st
19	Vieux-Habitants	7,237	59	123	1,523^rd
20	Bouillante	6,210	43	143	1,812^th

Largest towns by area in Guadeloupe

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Petit-Bourg	24,919	130	192	132^nd
2	Sainte-Rose	17,906	119	151	159^th
3	Capesterre-Belle-Eau	17,834	103	173	214^th
4	Le Moule	23,249	83	281	370^th
5	Les Abymes	51,441	81	633	395^th
6	Sainte-Anne	24,204	80	301	408^th
7	Petit-Canal	8,337	71	118	532^nd
8	Lamentin	18,881	66	288	633^rd
9	Morne-à-l'Eau	16,367	65	254	663^rd
10	Anse-Bertrand	4,469	63	72	713^th

Most densely populated towns in Guadeloupe

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Pointe-à-Pitre	15,112	2.7	5,681	113^th
2	Basse-Terre	9,614	5.8	1,663	561^st
3	Baie-Mahault	31,335	46	681	1,391^st
4	Les Abymes	51,441	81	633	1,480^th
5	Le Gosier	27,983	45	619	1,515^th
6	Gourbeyre	7,412	23	329	2,734^th
7	Saint-Claude	10,358	34	302	2,986^th
8	Sainte-Anne	24,204	80	301	2,990^th
9	Lamentin	18,881	66	288	3,136^th
10	Le Moule	23,249	83	281	3,215^th

All towns in Guadeloupe (32)

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

Anse-Bertrand (4,469)
Baie-Mahault (31,335)
Baillif (5,162)
Basse-Terre (9,614)
Bouillante (6,210)
Capesterre-Belle-Eau (17,834)
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante (3,150)
Deshaies (3,737)
Gourbeyre (7,412)
Goyave (7,630)
Grand-Bourg (4,689)
La Désirade (1,318)
Lamentin (18,881)
Le Gosier (27,983)
Le Moule (23,249)
Les Abymes (51,441)
Morne-à-l'Eau (16,367)
Petit-Bourg (24,919)
Petit-Canal (8,337)
Pointe-à-Pitre (15,112)
Pointe-Noire (5,855)
Port-Louis (5,687)
Saint-Claude (10,358)
Saint-François (14,101)
Saint-Louis (2,644)
Sainte-Anne (24,204)
Sainte-Rose (17,906)
Terre-de-Bas (892)
Terre-de-Haut (1,510)
Trois-Rivières (7,548)
Vieux-Fort (1,702)
Vieux-Habitants (7,237)

Other French departments

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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.