Largest city in the Vienne department: the 2026 ranking
The 265 towns of the Vienne department (86) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.
The largest city in the Vienne department is Poitiers, with 92,187 inhabitants (ranked 50th in France by population). The largest town by area is Boivre-la-Vallée (117 km²). Poitiers is also the most densely populated town, with 2,189 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Lauthiers has only 70 inhabitants.
The Vienne department has 449,082 inhabitants over 6,990 km², a density of 64 inhabitants per km², 1.7 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 7.1% of the population of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Poitou-Charentes): see the ranking of the largest cities in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
The 20 largest cities in the Vienne department by population
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poitiers | 92,187 | 42 | 2,189 | 50th |
| 2 | Châtellerault | 31,656 | 52 | 610 | 269th |
| 3 | Buxerolles | 10,408 | 9.1 | 1,144 | 1,011th |
| 4 | Jaunay-Marigny | 7,784 | 48 | 161 | 1,412th |
| 5 | Saint-Benoît | 7,555 | 14 | 556 | 1,451st |
| 6 | Chauvigny | 7,166 | 96 | 75 | 1,538th |
| 7 | Loudun | 7,113 | 44 | 163 | 1,549th |
| 8 | Vouneuil-sous-Biard | 6,437 | 26 | 248 | 1,744th |
| 9 | Migné-Auxances | 6,381 | 29 | 220 | 1,764th |
| 10 | Montmorillon | 6,217 | 57 | 109 | 1,810th |
| 11 | Naintré | 6,046 | 25 | 243 | 1,862nd |
| 12 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,798 | 94 | 62 | 1,978th |
| 13 | Neuville-de-Poitou | 5,600 | 17 | 328 | 2,046th |
| 14 | Mignaloux-Beauvoir | 5,440 | 22 | 252 | 2,102nd |
| 15 | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 4,808 | 18 | 273 | 2,376th |
| 16 | Vivonne | 4,628 | 41 | 112 | 2,465th |
| 17 | Valence-en-Poitou | 4,453 | 83 | 54 | 2,579th |
| 18 | Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux | 4,446 | 34 | 131 | 2,584th |
| 19 | Fontaine-le-Comte | 4,049 | 19 | 217 | 2,846th |
| 20 | Montamisé | 3,796 | 32 | 120 | 3,039th |
Largest towns by area in the Vienne department
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boivre-la-Vallée | 3,079 | 117 | 26 | 167th |
| 2 | Lathus-Saint-Rémy | 1,232 | 98 | 13 | 239th |
| 3 | Chauvigny | 7,166 | 96 | 75 | 263rd |
| 4 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu | 5,798 | 94 | 62 | 275th |
| 5 | Valence-en-Poitou | 4,453 | 83 | 54 | 366th |
| 6 | Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé | 865 | 75 | 12 | 464th |
| 7 | Usson-du-Poitou | 1,233 | 73 | 17 | 493rd |
| 8 | Adriers | 715 | 68 | 11 | 579th |
| 9 | Archigny | 1,074 | 67 | 16 | 613th |
| 10 | Le Vigeant | 680 | 64 | 11 | 666th |
Most densely populated towns in the Vienne department
| # | Town | Population | km² | per km² | France rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poitiers | 92,187 | 42 | 2,189 | 412th |
| 2 | Buxerolles | 10,408 | 9.1 | 1,144 | 843rd |
| 3 | Croutelle | 959 | 1.5 | 648 | 1,453rd |
| 4 | Châtellerault | 31,656 | 52 | 610 | 1,537th |
| 5 | Saint-Benoît | 7,555 | 14 | 556 | 1,688th |
| 6 | Gençay | 1,707 | 4.7 | 360 | 2,499th |
| 7 | Neuville-de-Poitou | 5,600 | 17 | 328 | 2,742nd |
| 8 | Civray | 2,652 | 8.7 | 305 | 2,956th |
| 9 | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | 4,808 | 18 | 273 | 3,310th |
| 10 | Biard | 1,940 | 7.5 | 260 | 3,488th |
All towns in the Vienne department (265)
INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.
- Adriers (715)
- Amberre (577)
- Anché (333)
- Angles-sur-l'Anglin (381)
- Angliers (626)
- Antigny (577)
- Antran (1,171)
- Arçay (350)
- Archigny (1,074)
- Aslonnes (1,161)
- Asnières-sur-Blour (195)
- Asnois (131)
- Aulnay (108)
- Availles-en-Châtellerault (1,771)
- Availles-Limouzine (1,327)
- Avanton (2,267)
- Ayron (1,104)
- Basses (348)
- Beaumont Saint-Cyr (2,990)
- Bellefonds (251)
- Berrie (256)
- Berthegon (263)
- Béruges (1,557)
- Béthines (472)
- Beuxes (564)
- Biard (1,940)
- Bignoux (1,107)
- Blanzay (839)
- Boivre-la-Vallée (3,079)
- Bonnes (1,716)
- Bonneuil-Matours (2,169)
- Bouresse (632)
- Bourg-Archambault (171)
- Bournand (937)
- Brigueil-le-Chantre (460)
- Brion (229)
- Brux (784)
- Buxerolles (10,408)
- Buxeuil (902)
- Ceaux-en-Loudun (566)
- Celle-Lévescault (1,408)
- Cenon-sur-Vienne (1,692)
- Cernay (475)
- Chabournay (1,293)
- Chalais (473)
- Chalandray (801)
- Champagné-le-Sec (217)
- Champagné-Saint-Hilaire (1,019)
- Champigny en Rochereau (1,924)
- Champniers (365)
- Chapelle-Viviers (561)
- Charroux (1,055)
- Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (4,808)
- Chatain (244)
- Château-Garnier (605)
- Château-Larcher (1,059)
- Châtellerault (31,656)
- Chaunay (1,220)
- Chauvigny (7,166)
- Chenevelles (447)
- Cherves (540)
- Chiré-en-Montreuil (937)
- Chouppes (813)
- Cissé (2,917)
- Civaux (1,224)
- Civray (2,652)
- Cloué (500)
- Colombiers (1,445)
- Coulombiers (1,169)
- Coulonges-les-Hérolles (232)
- Coussay (273)
- Coussay-les-Bois (936)
- Craon (188)
- Croutelle (959)
- Cuhon (394)
- Curçay-sur-Dive (231)
- Curzay-sur-Vonne (397)
- Dangé-Saint-Romain (3,017)
- Dercé (166)
- Dienné (592)
- Dissay (3,152)
- Doussay (696)
- Fleix (146)
- Fleuré (1,155)
- Fontaine-le-Comte (4,049)
- Frozes (632)
- Gençay (1,707)
- Genouillé (510)
- Gizay (369)
- Glénouze (108)
- Gouex (496)
- Guesnes (243)
- Haims (236)
- Ingrandes (1,772)
- Iteuil (3,046)
- Jardres (1,280)
- Jaunay-Marigny (7,784)
- Jazeneuil (813)
- Jouhet (514)
- Journet (373)
- Joussé (314)
- L'Isle-Jourdain (1,144)
- La Bussière (307)
- La Chapelle-Bâton (362)
- La Chapelle-Moulière (730)
- La Chaussée (190)
- La Ferrière-Airoux (338)
- La Grimaudière (396)
- La Puye (616)
- La Roche-Posay (1,596)
- La Roche-Rigault (598)
- La Trimouille (876)
- La Villedieu-du-Clain (1,545)
- Lathus-Saint-Rémy (1,232)
- Latillé (1,512)
- Lauthiers (70)
- Lavoux (1,208)
- Le Vigeant (680)
- Leigné-les-Bois (563)
- Leigné-sur-Usseau (461)
- Leignes-sur-Fontaine (655)
- Lencloître (2,522)
- Les Ormes (1,635)
- Les Trois-Moutiers (1,102)
- Lésigny (534)
- Leugny (369)
- Lhommaizé (918)
- Liglet (302)
- Ligugé (3,523)
- Linazay (216)
- Liniers (605)
- Lizant (401)
- Loudun (7,113)
- Luchapt (247)
- Lusignan (2,601)
- Lussac-les-Châteaux (2,311)
- Magné (703)
- Maillé (658)
- Mairé (175)
- Maisonneuve (326)
- Marçay (1,133)
- Marigny-Chemereau (610)
- Marnay (725)
- Martaizé (366)
- Massognes (282)
- Maulay (197)
- Mauprévoir (618)
- Mazerolles (845)
- Mazeuil (245)
- Messemé (248)
- Mignaloux-Beauvoir (5,440)
- Migné-Auxances (6,381)
- Millac (472)
- Mirebeau (2,175)
- Moncontour (996)
- Mondion (123)
- Montamisé (3,796)
- Monthoiron (679)
- Montmorillon (6,217)
- Monts-sur-Guesnes (931)
- Morton (376)
- Moulismes (365)
- Moussac (456)
- Mouterre-Silly (609)
- Mouterre-sur-Blourde (170)
- Naintré (6,046)
- Nalliers (315)
- Nérignac (115)
- Neuville-de-Poitou (5,600)
- Nieuil-l'Espoir (2,685)
- Nouaillé-Maupertuis (3,027)
- Nueil-sous-Faye (224)
- Orches (360)
- Ouzilly (973)
- Oyré (981)
- Paizay-le-Sec (483)
- Payroux (467)
- Persac (730)
- Pindray (258)
- Plaisance (174)
- Pleumartin (1,225)
- Poitiers (92,187)
- Port-de-Piles (552)
- Pouançay (234)
- Pouant (419)
- Pouillé (747)
- Pressac (556)
- Prinçay (207)
- Queaux (596)
- Quinçay (2,197)
- Ranton (213)
- Raslay (136)
- Roches-Prémarie-Andillé (2,216)
- Roiffé (763)
- Romagne (899)
- Rouillé (2,724)
- Saint-Benoît (7,555)
- Saint-Christophe (288)
- Saint-Clair (214)
- Saint-Gaudent (305)
- Saint-Genest-d'Ambière (1,252)
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux (4,446)
- Saint-Germain (902)
- Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers (1,341)
- Saint-Jean-de-Sauves (1,299)
- Saint-Julien-l'Ars (2,935)
- Saint-Laon (137)
- Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes (198)
- Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais (361)
- Saint-Léomer (175)
- Saint-Martin-l'Ars (368)
- Saint-Martin-la-Pallu (5,798)
- Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère (1,325)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil (724)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé (865)
- Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse (469)
- Saint-Romain (394)
- Saint-Sauvant (1,319)
- Saint-Savin (827)
- Saint-Secondin (542)
- Sainte-Radégonde (188)
- Saires (124)
- Saix (258)
- Sammarçolles (664)
- Sanxay (561)
- Saulgé (1,026)
- Savigné (1,277)
- Savigny-Lévescault (1,273)
- Savigny-sous-Faye (383)
- Scorbé-Clairvaux (2,218)
- Senillé-Saint-Sauveur (1,748)
- Sérigny (319)
- Sèvres-Anxaumont (2,470)
- Sillars (589)
- Smarves (2,985)
- Sommières-du-Clain (739)
- Sossais (415)
- Surin (124)
- Tercé (1,156)
- Ternay (192)
- Thollet (167)
- Thurageau (735)
- Thuré (2,941)
- Usseau (584)
- Usson-du-Poitou (1,233)
- Val-de-Comporté (1,032)
- Valdivienne (2,776)
- Valence-en-Poitou (4,453)
- Vaux-sur-Vienne (550)
- Vellèches (353)
- Vernon (740)
- Verrières (943)
- Verrue (384)
- Vézières (347)
- Vicq-sur-Gartempe (677)
- Villemort (104)
- Villiers (1,001)
- Vivonne (4,628)
- Vouillé (3,776)
- Voulême (397)
- Voulon (471)
- Vouneuil-sous-Biard (6,437)
- Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (2,323)
- Vouzailles (578)
- Yversay (627)
Other departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Charente (16) Charente-Maritime (17) Corrèze (19) Creuse (23) Dordogne (24) Gironde (33) Landes (40) Lot-et-Garonne (47) Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) Deux-Sèvres (79) Haute-Vienne (87) 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.