Largest city in the Loir-et-Cher department: the 2026 ranking
The 267 towns of the Loir-et-Cher department (41) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.
The largest city in the Loir-et-Cher department is Blois, with 48,742 inhabitants (ranked 140th in France by population). The largest town by area is Beauce la Romaine (137 km²). Blois is also the most densely populated town, with 1,301 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, La Madeleine-Villefrouin has only 33 inhabitants.
The Loir-et-Cher department has 337,089 inhabitants over 6,343 km², a density of 53 inhabitants per km², 2.1 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 12.7% of the population of Centre-Val de Loire, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Centre): see the ranking of the largest cities in Centre-Val de Loire.
The 20 largest cities in the Loir-et-Cher department by population
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blois | 48,742 | 37 | 1,301 | 140th |
| 2 | Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,847 | 45 | 416 | 521st |
| 3 | Vendôme | 16,364 | 24 | 685 | 607th |
| 4 | Vineuil | 8,270 | 22 | 370 | 1,317th |
| 5 | Le Controis-en-Sologne | 7,007 | 100 | 70 | 1,576th |
| 6 | Mer | 6,351 | 26 | 240 | 1,771st |
| 7 | Salbris | 4,898 | 107 | 46 | 2,330th |
| 8 | La Chaussée-Saint-Victor | 4,584 | 6.6 | 691 | 2,494th |
| 9 | Lamotte-Beuvron | 4,555 | 23 | 195 | 2,517th |
| 10 | Saint-Laurent-Nouan | 4,317 | 61 | 71 | 2,656th |
| 11 | Selles-sur-Cher | 4,244 | 26 | 165 | 2,702nd |
| 12 | Montoire-sur-le-Loir | 3,848 | 21 | 183 | 3,001st |
| 13 | Montrichard Val de Cher | 3,654 | 19 | 190 | 3,149th |
| 14 | Mont-près-Chambord | 3,458 | 29 | 121 | 3,345th |
| 15 | Veuzain-sur-Loire | 3,411 | 38 | 90 | 3,376th |
| 16 | Beauce la Romaine | 3,400 | 137 | 25 | 3,390th |
| 17 | Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt | 3,275 | 9.0 | 365 | 3,509th |
| 18 | Saint-Ouen | 3,116 | 11 | 276 | 3,712th |
| 19 | Cour-Cheverny | 2,909 | 30 | 98 | 3,950th |
| 20 | Saint-Aignan | 2,870 | 18 | 155 | 3,990th |
Largest towns by area in the Loir-et-Cher department
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauce la Romaine | 3,400 | 137 | 25 | 116th |
| 2 | Salbris | 4,898 | 107 | 46 | 200th |
| 3 | Le Controis-en-Sologne | 7,007 | 100 | 70 | 227th |
| 4 | Souesmes | 1,011 | 100 | 10 | 232nd |
| 5 | Theillay | 1,274 | 96 | 13 | 257th |
| 6 | Saint-Viâtre | 1,206 | 90 | 13 | 300th |
| 7 | Couëtron-au-Perche | 1,064 | 86 | 12 | 338th |
| 8 | Nouan-le-Fuzelier | 2,320 | 85 | 27 | 348th |
| 9 | Chaumont-sur-Tharonne | 1,062 | 78 | 14 | 427th |
| 10 | Vouzon | 1,452 | 78 | 19 | 430th |
Most densely populated towns in the Loir-et-Cher department
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blois | 48,742 | 37 | 1,301 | 734th |
| 2 | La Chaussée-Saint-Victor | 4,584 | 6.6 | 691 | 1,369th |
| 3 | Vendôme | 16,364 | 24 | 685 | 1,381st |
| 4 | Bracieux | 1,358 | 3.0 | 460 | 2,006th |
| 5 | Romorantin-Lanthenay | 18,847 | 45 | 416 | 2,196th |
| 6 | Vineuil | 8,270 | 22 | 370 | 2,439th |
| 7 | Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt | 3,275 | 9.0 | 365 | 2,462nd |
| 8 | Villebarou | 2,646 | 9.1 | 290 | 3,108th |
| 9 | Mondoubleau | 1,338 | 4.8 | 276 | 3,263rd |
| 10 | Saint-Ouen | 3,116 | 11 | 276 | 3,277th |
All towns in the Loir-et-Cher department (267)
INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.
- Ambloy (196)
- Angé (812)
- Areines (771)
- Artins (268)
- Autainville (433)
- Authon (767)
- Avaray (691)
- Averdon (695)
- Azé (991)
- Baillou (213)
- Bauzy (277)
- Beauce la Romaine (3,400)
- Beauchêne (173)
- Billy (1,136)
- Binas (695)
- Blois (48,742)
- Boisseau (112)
- Bonneveau (464)
- Bouffry (139)
- Boursay (186)
- Bracieux (1,358)
- Brévainville (161)
- Briou (149)
- Busloup (503)
- Candé-sur-Beuvron (1,492)
- Cellé (230)
- Cellettes (2,795)
- Chailles (2,797)
- Chambord (105)
- Champigny-en-Beauce (616)
- Chaon (445)
- Châteauvieux (521)
- Châtillon-sur-Cher (1,740)
- Châtres-sur-Cher (1,146)
- Chaumont-sur-Loire (1,118)
- Chaumont-sur-Tharonne (1,062)
- Chauvigny-du-Perche (234)
- Chémery (949)
- Cheverny (935)
- Chissay-en-Touraine (1,127)
- Chitenay (1,154)
- Choue (522)
- Choussy (358)
- Conan (165)
- Concriers (185)
- Cormenon (685)
- Cormeray (1,601)
- Couddes (542)
- Couëtron-au-Perche (1,064)
- Couffy (514)
- Coulommiers-la-Tour (591)
- Cour-Cheverny (2,909)
- Cour-sur-Loire (265)
- Courbouzon (434)
- Courmemin (509)
- Crouy-sur-Cosson (512)
- Crucheray (441)
- Danzé (681)
- Dhuizon (1,212)
- Droué (1,011)
- Épiais (120)
- Épuisay (809)
- Faverolles-sur-Cher (1,449)
- Faye (226)
- Fontaine-les-Coteaux (349)
- Fontaine-Raoul (239)
- Fontaines-en-Sologne (673)
- Fortan (260)
- Fossé (1,277)
- Françay (281)
- Fresnes (1,231)
- Fréteval (1,077)
- Gièvres (2,291)
- Gombergean (175)
- Gy-en-Sologne (491)
- Herbault (1,163)
- Houssay (370)
- Huisseau-en-Beauce (418)
- Huisseau-sur-Cosson (2,344)
- Josnes (902)
- La Chapelle-Enchérie (214)
- La Chapelle-Montmartin (419)
- La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine (706)
- La Chapelle-Vendômoise (810)
- La Chapelle-Vicomtesse (165)
- La Chaussée-Saint-Victor (4,584)
- La Ferté-Beauharnais (566)
- La Ferté-Imbault (965)
- La Ferté-Saint-Cyr (1,116)
- La Fontenelle (206)
- La Madeleine-Villefrouin (33)
- La Marolle-en-Sologne (385)
- La Ville-aux-Clercs (1,224)
- Lamotte-Beuvron (4,555)
- Lancé (482)
- Lancôme (124)
- Landes-le-Gaulois (740)
- Langon-sur-Cher (841)
- Lassay-sur-Croisne (251)
- Lavardin (184)
- Le Controis-en-Sologne (7,007)
- Le Gault-du-Perche (322)
- Le Plessis-Dorin (147)
- Le Plessis-l'Échelle (57)
- Le Poislay (202)
- Le Temple (174)
- Les Essarts (109)
- Les Hayes (178)
- Les Montils (1,987)
- Les Roches-l'Évêque (306)
- Lestiou (297)
- Lignières (416)
- Lisle (183)
- Loreux (242)
- Lorges (364)
- Lunay (1,304)
- Maray (228)
- Marchenoir (685)
- Marcilly-en-Beauce (339)
- Marcilly-en-Gault (770)
- Mareuil-sur-Cher (1,174)
- Marolles (732)
- Maslives (660)
- Maves (684)
- Mazangé (832)
- Méhers (307)
- Menars (627)
- Mennetou-sur-Cher (838)
- Mer (6,351)
- Mesland (550)
- Meslay (306)
- Meusnes (1,030)
- Millançay (734)
- Moisy (345)
- Mondoubleau (1,338)
- Mont-près-Chambord (3,458)
- Monteaux (748)
- Monthou-sur-Bièvre (815)
- Monthou-sur-Cher (1,002)
- Montlivault (1,325)
- Montoire-sur-le-Loir (3,848)
- Montrichard Val de Cher (3,654)
- Montrieux-en-Sologne (652)
- Montrouveau (145)
- Morée (1,104)
- Muides-sur-Loire (1,290)
- Mulsans (517)
- Mur-de-Sologne (1,530)
- Naveil (2,498)
- Neung-sur-Beuvron (1,284)
- Neuvy (318)
- Nouan-le-Fuzelier (2,320)
- Nourray (129)
- Noyers-sur-Cher (2,667)
- Oisly (402)
- Orçay (210)
- Oucques La Nouvelle (1,665)
- Ouzouer-le-Doyen (230)
- Périgny (172)
- Pezou (1,134)
- Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (761)
- Pontlevoy (1,799)
- Pouillé (795)
- Pray (287)
- Prunay-Cassereau (590)
- Pruniers-en-Sologne (2,305)
- Rahart (306)
- Renay (179)
- Rhodon (119)
- Rilly-sur-Loire (455)
- Rocé (223)
- Roches (65)
- Romilly (157)
- Romorantin-Lanthenay (18,847)
- Rougeou (152)
- Ruan-sur-Egvonne (83)
- Saint-Aignan (2,870)
- Saint-Amand-Longpré (1,254)
- Saint-Arnoult (305)
- Saint-Bohaire (508)
- Saint-Claude-de-Diray (1,798)
- Saint-Cyr-du-Gault (175)
- Saint-Denis-sur-Loire (930)
- Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire (1,177)
- Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets (117)
- Saint-Firmin-des-Prés (785)
- Saint-Georges-sur-Cher (2,763)
- Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (3,275)
- Saint-Gourgon (101)
- Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle (664)
- Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets (101)
- Saint-Jean-Froidmentel (514)
- Saint-Julien-de-Chédon (810)
- Saint-Julien-sur-Cher (757)
- Saint-Laurent-des-Bois (333)
- Saint-Laurent-Nouan (4,317)
- Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce (641)
- Saint-Loup (360)
- Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois (791)
- Saint-Marc-du-Cor (183)
- Saint-Martin-des-Bois (594)
- Saint-Ouen (3,116)
- Saint-Rimay (300)
- Saint-Romain-sur-Cher (1,498)
- Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray (1,886)
- Saint-Viâtre (1,206)
- Sainte-Anne (505)
- Salbris (4,898)
- Sambin (876)
- Santenay (307)
- Sargé-sur-Braye (964)
- Sasnières (91)
- Sassay (1,165)
- Savigny-sur-Braye (1,992)
- Seigy (993)
- Selles-Saint-Denis (1,358)
- Selles-sur-Cher (4,244)
- Selommes (805)
- Séris (403)
- Seur (503)
- Soings-en-Sologne (1,576)
- Souesmes (1,011)
- Sougé (490)
- Souvigny-en-Sologne (503)
- Suèvres (1,601)
- Talcy (284)
- Ternay (337)
- Theillay (1,274)
- Thésée (1,167)
- Thoré-la-Rochette (844)
- Thoury (436)
- Tour-en-Sologne (1,168)
- Tourailles (132)
- Troo (315)
- Valaire (88)
- Valencisse (2,420)
- Vallée-de-Ronsard (545)
- Vallières-les-Grandes (959)
- Valloire-sur-Cisse (2,459)
- Veilleins (148)
- Vendôme (16,364)
- Vernou-en-Sologne (563)
- Veuzain-sur-Loire (3,411)
- Vievy-le-Rayé (485)
- Villavard (123)
- Villebarou (2,646)
- Villebout (118)
- Villechauve (266)
- Villedieu-le-Château (389)
- Villefranche-sur-Cher (2,734)
- Villefrancœur (425)
- Villeherviers (419)
- Villemardy (272)
- Villeneuve-Frouville (66)
- Villeny (496)
- Villeporcher (150)
- Villerable (499)
- Villerbon (870)
- Villermain (399)
- Villeromain (218)
- Villetrun (323)
- Villexanton (201)
- Villiers-sur-Loir (1,153)
- Villiersfaux (251)
- Vineuil (8,270)
- Vouzon (1,452)
- Yvoy-le-Marron (757)
Other departments in Centre-Val de Loire
Cher (18) Eure-et-Loir (28) Indre (36) Indre-et-Loire (37) Loiret (45) 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.