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Largest city in the Puy-de-Dôme department: the 2026 ranking

The 463 towns of the Puy-de-Dôme department (63) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Puy-de-Dôme department is Clermont-Ferrand, with 148,795 inhabitants (ranked 25th in France by population). The largest town by area is Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (72 km²). The most densely populated is Chamalières, with 4,790 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, La Godivelle has only 21 inhabitants.

The Puy-de-Dôme department has 678,624 inhabitants over 7,970 km², a density of 85 inhabitants per km², close to the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 8.1% of the population of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Auvergne): see the ranking of the largest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

The 20 largest cities in the Puy-de-Dôme department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Clermont-Ferrand 148,795 43 3,487 25th
2 Cournon-d'Auvergne 20,341 19 1,095 485th
3 Riom 19,541 32 611 506th
4 Chamalières 18,059 3.8 4,790 550th
5 Issoire 15,477 20 786 649th
6 Pont-du-Château 12,716 22 588 797th
7 Thiers 11,994 44 270 847th
8 Beaumont 10,893 4.0 2,716 948th
9 Aubière 10,614 7.7 1,382 985th
10 Gerzat 10,431 16 641 1,007th
11 Lempdes 9,127 12 742 1,171st
12 Cébazat 9,040 10 902 1,184th
13 Romagnat 8,026 17 477 1,360th
14 Ambert 6,732 60 111 1,644th
15 Ceyrat 6,719 9.4 719 1,648th
16 Lezoux 6,595 35 190 1,704th
17 Châtel-Guyon 6,473 14 460 1,736th
18 Vic-le-Comte 5,487 18 303 2,083rd
19 Le Cendre 5,470 4.2 1,293 2,093rd
20 Volvic 4,972 28 179 2,290th

Largest towns by area in the Puy-de-Dôme department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise 1,508 72 21 497th
2 Saint-Anthème 730 69 11 559th
3 Anzat-le-Luguet 168 67 3 618th
4 Ambert 6,732 60 111 764th
5 Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues 334 56 6 888th
6 Saint-Ours 1,744 56 31 910th
7 Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,149 52 80 1,088th
8 Aydat 2,621 50 52 1,165th
9 Compains 126 50 3 1,168th
10 Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne 1,152 50 23 1,191st

Most densely populated towns in the Puy-de-Dôme department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Chamalières 18,059 3.8 4,790 152nd
2 Clermont-Ferrand 148,795 43 3,487 237th
3 Beaumont 10,893 4.0 2,716 330th
4 Aubière 10,614 7.7 1,382 680th
5 Le Cendre 5,470 4.2 1,293 741st
6 Cournon-d'Auvergne 20,341 19 1,095 870th
7 Mozac 4,059 4.1 1,002 939th
8 Aulnat 4,176 4.2 992 948th
9 Cébazat 9,040 10 902 1,053rd
10 Issoire 15,477 20 786 1,209th

All towns in the Puy-de-Dôme department (463)

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

Other departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Ain (01) Allier (03) Ardèche (07) Cantal (15) Drôme (26) Isère (38) Loire (42) Haute-Loire (43) Rhône (69) Savoie (73) Haute-Savoie (74) 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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