Largest city in the Vaucluse department: the 2026 ranking

The 151 towns of the Vaucluse department (84) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Vaucluse department is Avignon, with 93,567 inhabitants (ranked 49^th in France by population). The largest town by area is Sault (111 km²). The most densely populated is Le Pontet, with 1,724 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux has only 26 inhabitants.

The Vaucluse department has 582,656 inhabitants over 3,567 km², a density of 163 inhabitants per km², close to the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 11.0% of the population of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the region it belongs to: see the ranking of the largest cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

The 20 largest cities in the Vaucluse department by population

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Avignon	93,567	65	1,441	49^th
2	Carpentras	32,388	38	854	260^th
3	Orange	30,314	74	409	290^th
4	Cavaillon	25,991	46	566	356^th
5	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	20,755	45	466	475^th
6	Pertuis	19,817	66	299	499^th
7	Sorgues	19,227	33	576	514^th
8	Le Pontet	18,566	11	1,724	532^nd
9	Bollène	14,247	54	264	706^th
10	Monteux	13,549	39	347	746^th
11	Vedène	12,278	11	1,098	823^rd
12	Pernes-les-Fontaines	10,735	51	210	967^th
13	Apt	10,359	45	232	1,016^th
14	Valréas	9,435	58	163	1,137^th
15	Morières-lès-Avignon	9,152	10	884	1,170^th
16	Le Thor	9,062	36	255	1,180^th
17	Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue	9,054	17	546	1,182^nd
18	Courthézon	6,499	33	198	1,731^st
19	Mazan	6,421	38	169	1,748^th
20	Vaison-la-Romaine	6,199	27	230	1,818^th

Largest towns by area in the Vaucluse department

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Sault	1,371	111	12	183^rd
2	Bédoin	3,185	91	35	293^rd
3	Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt	3,078	76	41	458^th
4	Orange	30,314	74	409	471^st
5	Pertuis	19,817	66	299	625^th
6	Avignon	93,567	65	1,441	649^th
7	Cheval-Blanc	4,442	59	76	808^th
8	Valréas	9,435	58	163	827^th
9	Beaumont-de-Pertuis	1,161	56	21	900^th
10	Bollène	14,247	54	264	963^rd

Most densely populated towns in the Vaucluse department

#	Town	Population	km²	per km²	France rank
1	Le Pontet	18,566	11	1,724	532^nd
2	Avignon	93,567	65	1,441	648^th
3	Vedène	12,278	11	1,098	867^th
4	Morières-lès-Avignon	9,152	10	884	1,078^th
5	Carpentras	32,388	38	854	1,115^th
6	Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon	5,289	6.3	846	1,126^th
7	Jonquerettes	1,645	2.6	640	1,470^th
8	Saint-Didier	2,249	3.6	621	1,509^th
9	Sorgues	19,227	33	576	1,626^th
10	Cavaillon	25,991	46	566	1,655^th

All towns in the Vaucluse department (151)

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

Althen-des-Paluds (3,022)
Ansouis (1,086)
Apt (10,359)
Aubignan (6,118)
Aurel (201)
Auribeau (68)
Avignon (93,567)
Beaumes-de-Venise (2,491)
Beaumettes (318)
Beaumont-de-Pertuis (1,161)
Beaumont-du-Ventoux (312)
Bédarrides (5,753)
Bédoin (3,185)
Blauvac (586)
Bollène (14,247)
Bonnieux (1,226)
Brantes (87)
Buisson (263)
Buoux (107)
Cabrières-d'Aigues (960)
Cabrières-d'Avignon (1,726)
Cadenet (4,441)
Caderousse (2,549)
Cairanne (1,148)
Camaret-sur-Aigues (4,623)
Caromb (3,518)
Carpentras (32,388)
Caseneuve (536)
Castellet-en-Luberon (114)
Caumont-sur-Durance (5,743)
Cavaillon (25,991)
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (3,638)
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (2,083)
Cheval-Blanc (4,442)
Courthézon (6,499)
Crestet (424)
Crillon-le-Brave (498)
Cucuron (1,919)
Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue (9,054)
Entrechaux (1,196)
Faucon (464)
Flassan (464)
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (596)
Gargas (3,089)
Gignac (74)
Gigondas (456)
Gordes (1,693)
Goult (1,069)
Grambois (1,261)
Grillon (1,728)
Jonquerettes (1,645)
Jonquières (5,266)
Joucas (350)
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (20,755)
La Bastide-des-Jourdans (1,868)
La Bastidonne (942)
La Motte-d'Aigues (1,472)
La Roque-Alric (51)
La Roque-sur-Pernes (451)
La Tour-d'Aigues (4,517)
Lacoste (472)
Lafare (133)
Lagarde-d'Apt (31)
Lagarde-Paréol (331)
Lagnes (1,776)
Lamotte-du-Rhône (408)
Lapalud (3,924)
Lauris (3,990)
Le Barroux (683)
Le Beaucet (403)
Le Pontet (18,566)
Le Thor (9,062)
Lioux (292)
Loriol-du-Comtat (2,538)
Lourmarin (1,044)
Malaucène (2,818)
Malemort-du-Comtat (2,000)
Maubec (1,949)
Mazan (6,421)
Ménerbes (981)
Mérindol (2,321)
Méthamis (458)
Mirabeau (1,484)
Modène (473)
Mondragon (3,891)
Monieux (271)
Monteux (13,549)
Morières-lès-Avignon (9,152)
Mormoiron (1,937)
Mornas (2,602)
Murs (381)
Oppède (1,315)
Orange (30,314)
Pernes-les-Fontaines (10,735)
Pertuis (19,817)
Peypin-d'Aigues (678)
Piolenc (5,825)
Puget (917)
Puyméras (609)
Puyvert (883)
Rasteau (836)
Richerenches (672)
Roaix (641)
Robion (4,906)
Roussillon (1,353)
Rustrel (687)
Sablet (1,469)
Saignon (941)
Saint-Christol (1,430)
Saint-Didier (2,249)
Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron (173)
Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (26)
Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison (345)
Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (696)
Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (829)
Saint-Pantaléon (224)
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (509)
Saint-Romain-en-Viennois (880)
Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde (346)
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (3,078)
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (5,289)
Saint-Trinit (119)
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (2,707)
Sannes (290)
Sarrians (5,871)
Sault (1,371)
Saumane-de-Vaucluse (901)
Savoillan (84)
Séguret (785)
Sérignan-du-Comtat (3,014)
Sivergues (43)
Sorgues (19,227)
Suzette (117)
Taillades (2,086)
Travaillan (724)
Uchaux (1,748)
Vacqueyras (1,208)
Vaison-la-Romaine (6,199)
Valréas (9,435)
Vaugines (568)
Vedène (12,278)
Velleron (3,239)
Venasque (1,105)
Viens (641)
Villars (798)
Villedieu (517)
Villelaure (3,479)
Villes-sur-Auzon (1,328)
Violès (1,791)
Visan (1,892)
Vitrolles-en-Lubéron (220)

Other departments in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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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.