Largest city in the Haute-Marne department: the 2026 ranking

The 426 towns of the Haute-Marne department (52) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Haute-Marne department is Saint-Dizier, with 23,281 inhabitants (ranked 398th in France by population). The largest town by area is Châteauvillain (106 km²). Saint-Dizier is also the most densely populated town, with 488 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Charmes-en-l'Angle has only 7 inhabitants.

The Haute-Marne department has 172,981 inhabitants over 6,211 km², a density of 28 inhabitants per km², 3.9 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 3.1% of the population of Grand Est, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Champagne-Ardenne): see the ranking of the largest cities in Grand Est.

The 20 largest cities in the Haute-Marne department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Saint-Dizier 23,281 48 488 398th
2 Chaumont 21,889 55 396 434th
3 Langres 7,819 22 350 1,409th
4 Nogent 3,606 55 66 3,195th
5 Joinville 3,006 19 159 3,824th
6 Wassy 2,876 34 85 3,981st
7 Chalindrey 2,403 20 120 4,696th
8 La Porte du Der 2,153 47 46 5,222nd
9 Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière 2,039 54 38 5,510th
10 Eurville-Bienville 2,017 21 97 5,564th
11 Bourbonne-les-Bains 2,004 65 31 5,590th
12 Bologne 1,865 31 60 5,926th
13 Val-de-Meuse 1,846 77 24 5,973rd
14 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 1,834 5.4 341 6,007th
15 Châteauvillain 1,504 106 14 7,180th
16 Villiers-en-Lieu 1,501 13 116 7,191st
17 Froncles 1,399 20 70 7,617th
18 Rolampont 1,392 49 28 7,651st
19 Fayl-Billot 1,376 43 32 7,721st
20 Biesles 1,361 24 57 7,800th

Largest towns by area in the Haute-Marne department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Châteauvillain 1,504 106 14 201st
2 Colombey les Deux Églises 677 84 8 364th
3 Val-de-Meuse 1,846 77 24 444th
4 Rives Dervoises 1,343 77 18 446th
5 Auberive 168 71 2 528th
6 Bourbonne-les-Bains 2,004 65 31 648th
7 Chaumont 21,889 55 396 921st
8 Nogent 3,606 55 66 943rd
9 Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière 2,039 54 38 957th
10 Arc-en-Barrois 683 50 14 1,143rd

Most densely populated towns in the Haute-Marne department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Saint-Dizier 23,281 48 488 1,901st
2 Saint-Thiébault 262 0.6 430 2,137th
3 Chaumont 21,889 55 396 2,283rd
4 Langres 7,819 22 350 2,576th
5 Bettancourt-la-Ferrée 1,834 5.4 341 2,641st
6 Moëslains 476 1.6 294 3,076th
7 Valcourt 600 3.8 159 5,647th
8 Joinville 3,006 19 159 5,668th
9 Rachecourt-sur-Marne 748 5.7 132 6,711th
10 Allichamps 355 2.7 130 6,851st

All towns in the Haute-Marne department (426)

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) Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) Meuse (55) Moselle (57) Bas-Rhin (67) 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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