What is the largest town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area?

Val-Cenis (Savoie) is the largest town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area, covering 408 km².

What are the 10 largest towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area?

In order: Val-Cenis (408 km²), Les Belleville (227 km²), Bourg-Saint-Maurice (179 km²), Beaufort (150 km²), Valloire (137 km²), La Léchère (135 km²), Bessans (128 km²), Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère (125 km²), Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans (123 km²), and Haut Valromey (122 km²).

What is the smallest town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area?

Riverie (Rhône) is the smallest town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area, covering just 0.42 km². See The smallest towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area.

How many towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are ranked?

All of them: the 4,025 towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes appear in this ranking.

Where do the area figures come from?

They are the official area of each commune, in square kilometers, published by IGN (the French national mapping agency) and distributed by the Observatoire des territoires.

Largest Towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by Area: 2026 Ranking

This ranking covers all 4,025 towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Riverie (Rhône) comes last with 0.42 km².

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: largest towns by area in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Rank	Town	Department	Area	Population
1	Val-Cenis	Savoie (73)	408	2,148
2	Les Belleville	Savoie (73)	227	3,576
3	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	Savoie (73)	179	7,530
4	Beaufort	Savoie (73)	150	2,078
5	Valloire	Savoie (73)	137	1,090
6	La Léchère	Savoie (73)	135	2,585
7	Bessans	Savoie (73)	128	349
8	Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère	Cantal (15)	125	1,716
9	Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans	Isère (38)	123	99
10	Haut Valromey	Ain (01)	122	821
11	Fillière	Haute-Savoie (74)	119	10,322
12	Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval	Haute-Savoie (74)	119	754
13	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc	Haute-Savoie (74)	117	9,023
14	Châtillon-en-Diois	Drôme (26)	110	674
15	Plateau d'Hauteville	Ain (01)	106	5,012
16	Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise	Savoie (73)	100	706
17	Samoëns	Haute-Savoie (74)	97.3	2,253
18	La Plagne Tarentaise	Savoie (73)	96.1	3,965
19	Aime-la-Plagne	Savoie (73)	94.7	4,493
20	Val-d'Isère	Savoie (73)	94.4	1,612
21	Pleaux	Cantal (15)	92.4	1,494
22	Pralognan-la-Vanoise	Savoie (73)	88.6	709
23	Lus-la-Croix-Haute	Drôme (26)	87.2	537
24	Val d'Arcomie	Cantal (15)	86.3	945
25	Les Allues	Savoie (73)	86.0	1,782
26	Champagny-en-Vanoise	Savoie (73)	85.0	558
27	Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors	Drôme (26)	84.2	395
28	Bouvante	Drôme (26)	83.9	213
29	Deux-Grosnes	Rhône (69)	83.6	2,001
30	Bonneval-sur-Arc	Savoie (73)	82.7	290
31	Tignes	Savoie (73)	81.6	2,045
32	Chantepérier	Isère (38)	81.4	216
33	Gresse-en-Vercors	Isère (38)	81.1	363
34	Saint-Colomban-des-Villards	Savoie (73)	81.1	145
35	Yssingeaux	Haute-Loire (43)	80.6	7,876
36	Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse	Isère (38)	80.1	1,042
37	Passy	Haute-Savoie (74)	80.0	11,263
38	Saint-Étienne	Loire (42)	80.0	174,698
39	Saugues	Haute-Loire (43)	78.8	1,745
40	Le Haut-Bréda	Isère (38)	78.6	466
41	Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors	Isère (38)	77.9	3,018
42	Saint-Jean-d'Arves	Savoie (73)	75.6	284
43	Valjouffrey	Isère (38)	72.6	169
44	Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	72.4	1,508
45	Glières-Val-de-Borne	Haute-Savoie (74)	71.8	1,862
46	Lurcy-Lévis	Allier (03)	71.4	1,845
47	Modane	Savoie (73)	71.0	2,988
48 tied	Haut-Bocage	Allier (03)	70.6	855
48 tied	Peisey-Nancroix	Savoie (73)	70.6	639
50	Cérilly	Allier (03)	70.6	1,326
51	Lagorce	Ardèche (07)	69.5	1,278
52	Orelle	Savoie (73)	69.3	333
53	Courchevel	Savoie (73)	68.9	2,366
54	Saint-Anthème	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	68.9	730
55	Roybon	Isère (38)	67.3	1,116
56	Villard-de-Lans	Isère (38)	67.2	4,540
57	Annecy	Haute-Savoie (74)	66.9	134,985
58	Anzat-le-Luguet	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	66.6	168
59	Sallanches	Haute-Savoie (74)	65.9	17,832
60	Vaujany	Isère (38)	64.5	359
61	Beaulon	Allier (03)	64.0	1,682
62	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains	Haute-Savoie (74)	63.6	5,886
63	Valserhône	Ain (01)	62.5	17,031
64	Chichilianne	Isère (38)	62.5	343
65	Hauteluce	Savoie (73)	62.4	756
66	Le Grand-Bornand	Haute-Savoie (74)	61.4	2,100
67	Saint François Longchamp	Savoie (73)	60.7	442
68	Ambert	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	60.5	6,732
69	Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal	Cantal (15)	60.3	1,044
70	Arfeuilles	Allier (03)	59.6	610
71	Faverges-Seythenex	Haute-Savoie (74)	59.3	7,762
72	Abondance	Haute-Savoie (74)	58.8	1,745
73	Saligny-sur-Roudon	Allier (03)	57.8	714
74	Thiel-sur-Acolin	Allier (03)	57.7	1,045
75	Ugine	Savoie (73)	57.4	7,360
76	Boulc	Drôme (26)	57.4	160
77	Die	Drôme (26)	57.3	5,088
78	Bâgé-Dommartin	Ain (01)	56.9	4,140
79	Les Deux Alpes	Isère (38)	56.7	1,946
80	Valromey-sur-Séran	Ain (01)	56.7	1,376
81	Gras	Ardèche (07)	56.7	610
82	Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	56.4	334
83	Saint-Ours	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	55.6	1,744
84	Saint-Chamond	Loire (42)	54.9	36,065
85	Bourbon-l'Archambault	Allier (03)	54.8	2,549
86	Saint-Urcize	Cantal (15)	54.3	489
87	Valmeinier	Savoie (73)	54.3	599
88	Couleuvre	Allier (03)	53.8	589
89	Chalmazel-Jeansagnière	Loire (42)	53.4	464
90	Chaudes-Aigues	Cantal (15)	53.2	826
91	Marcolès	Cantal (15)	52.9	664
92	Ygrande	Allier (03)	52.7	777
93	Saint-Plaisir	Allier (03)	52.5	428
94 tied	Thônes	Haute-Savoie (74)	52.3	6,924
94 tied	Saint-Front	Haute-Loire (43)	52.3	415
96	Tence	Haute-Loire (43)	52.1	3,189
97	Glandage	Drôme (26)	52.1	115
98	Entrelacs	Savoie (73)	51.9	6,600
99	Riotord	Haute-Loire (43)	51.9	1,212
100	Saint-Genès-Champanelle	Puy-de-Dôme (63)	51.6	4,149

Source: IGN / Observatoire des territoires (areas); official area of each commune, in km². Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The largest towns in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by area

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