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Largest city in the Nord department: the 2026 ranking

The 647 towns of the Nord department (59) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Nord department is Lille, with 240,109 inhabitants (ranked 10th in France by population). The largest town by area is Locquignol (98 km²). The most densely populated is Lannoy, with 10,111 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Dehéries has only 44 inhabitants.

The Nord department has 2,645,946 inhabitants over 5,743 km², a density of 461 inhabitants per km², 4.2 times the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 43.5% of the population of Hauts-de-France, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais): see the ranking of the largest cities in Hauts-de-France.

The 20 largest cities in the Nord department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Lille 240,109 35 6,894 10th
2 Tourcoing 99,346 15 6,540 43rd
3 Roubaix 98,701 13 7,460 44th
4 Dunkerque 87,442 44 1,992 54th
5 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 63,462 27 2,311 90th
6 Valenciennes 43,966 14 3,181 173rd
7 Douai 41,108 17 2,435 195th
8 Wattrelos 41,013 13 3,052 196th
9 Marcq-en-Barœul 40,930 14 2,915 197th
10 Cambrai 31,738 18 1,746 267th
11 Maubeuge 29,031 19 1,540 305th
12 Lambersart 27,572 6.2 4,476 327th
13 Armentières 27,382 6.3 4,360 330th
14 Loos 22,850 7.0 3,288 407th
15 Hazebrouck 22,331 26 852 421st
16 La Madeleine 22,006 2.8 7,749 430th
17 Mons-en-Barœul 21,244 2.9 7,376 452nd
18 Coudekerque-Branche 21,033 9.1 2,301 459th
19 Wasquehal 21,005 6.9 3,062 460th
20 Halluin 20,864 13 1,661 469th

Largest towns by area in the Nord department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Locquignol 306 98 3 246th
2 Morbecque 2,629 44 59 1,605th
3 Dunkerque 87,442 44 1,992 1,645th
4 Bailleul 14,960 43 345 1,692nd
5 Trélon 2,661 39 68 2,186th
6 Bourbourg 6,977 38 181 2,273rd
7 Ghyvelde 4,193 36 117 2,656th
8 Loon-Plage 6,021 36 169 2,701st
9 Lille 240,109 35 6,894 2,841st
10 Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 16,239 34 480 3,047th

Most densely populated towns in the Nord department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Lannoy 1,820 0.2 10,111 43rd
2 La Madeleine 22,006 2.8 7,749 69th
3 Roubaix 98,701 13 7,460 76th
4 Mons-en-Barœul 21,244 2.9 7,376 79th
5 Lille 240,109 35 6,894 85th
6 Tourcoing 99,346 15 6,540 91st
7 Croix 20,790 4.4 4,682 157th
8 Lambersart 27,572 6.2 4,476 167th
9 Armentières 27,382 6.3 4,360 172nd
10 Lys-lez-Lannoy 14,170 3.3 4,347 175th

All towns in the Nord department (647)

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

Other departments in Hauts-de-France

Aisne (02) Oise (60) Pas-de-Calais (62) Somme (80) 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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