What is the largest town in Grand Est by area?

Haguenau (Bas-Rhin) is the largest town in Grand Est by area, covering 183 km².

What are the 10 largest towns in Grand Est by area?

In order: Haguenau (183 km²), Châteauvillain (106 km²), Colombey les Deux Églises (83.8 km²), Strasbourg (78.3 km²), Val-de-Meuse (76.8 km²), Rives Dervoises (76.7 km²), Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis (75.3 km²), Le Val-d'Ajol (73.3 km²), Piney (71.0 km²), and Auberive (70.6 km²).

What is the smallest town in Grand Est by area?

Fays-la-Chapelle (Aube) is the smallest town in Grand Est by area, covering just 0.58 km². See The smallest towns in Grand Est by area.

How many towns in Grand Est are ranked?

All of them: the 5,115 towns in Grand Est 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 Grand Est by Area: 2026 Ranking

This ranking covers all 5,115 towns in Grand Est. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Fays-la-Chapelle (Aube) comes last with 0.58 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 Grand Est

Rank	Town	Department	Area	Population
1	Haguenau	Bas-Rhin (67)	183	36,899
2	Châteauvillain	Haute-Marne (52)	106	1,504
3	Colombey les Deux Églises	Haute-Marne (52)	83.8	677
4	Strasbourg	Bas-Rhin (67)	78.3	296,552
5	Val-de-Meuse	Haute-Marne (52)	76.8	1,846
6	Rives Dervoises	Haute-Marne (52)	76.7	1,343
7	Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis	Aube (10)	75.3	3,274
8	Le Val-d'Ajol	Vosges (88)	73.3	3,971
9	Piney	Aube (10)	71.0	1,405
10	Auberive	Haute-Marne (52)	70.6	168
11	Sommepy-Tahure	Marne (51)	68.2	680
12	Clermont-en-Argonne	Meuse (55)	66.9	1,431
13	Colmar	Haut-Rhin (68)	66.6	68,013
14	Fère-Champenoise	Marne (51)	65.9	2,209
15	Blancs-Coteaux	Marne (51)	65.8	3,245
16	Courtisols	Marne (51)	65.6	2,438
17	Bourbonne-les-Bains	Haute-Marne (52)	64.9	2,004
18	Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel	Meuse (55)	62.6	1,681
19	Signy-l'Abbaye	Ardennes (08)	62.0	1,362
20	Épinal	Vosges (88)	59.2	33,395
21	La Bresse	Vosges (88)	57.9	3,974
22	Sainte-Menehould	Marne (51)	57.1	4,253
23	Chaumont	Haute-Marne (52)	55.3	21,889
24	Gérardmer	Vosges (88)	54.8	8,159
25	Nogent	Haute-Marne (52)	54.6	3,606
26	Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière	Haute-Marne (52)	54.2	2,039
27	Saint-Quirin	Moselle (57)	53.3	740
28	Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus	Marne (51)	53.1	266
29	Vendeuvre-sur-Barse	Aube (10)	51.9	2,265
30	Vienne-le-Château	Marne (51)	51.4	524
31	Gondrecourt-le-Château	Meuse (55)	51.3	1,045
32	Arc-en-Barrois	Haute-Marne (52)	50.4	683
33	Rocroi	Ardennes (08)	50.4	2,311
34	Xertigny	Vosges (88)	50.3	2,636
35	Les Hauts-de-Chée	Meuse (55)	50.2	716
36	Thionville	Moselle (57)	49.9	43,398
37	Rolampont	Haute-Marne (52)	49.1	1,392
38	Hadol	Vosges (88)	49.1	2,404
39	Lembach	Bas-Rhin (67)	48.9	1,512
40	Montmirail	Marne (51)	48.8	3,602
41	Breuvannes-en-Bassigny	Haute-Marne (52)	48.6	645
42	Wissembourg	Bas-Rhin (67)	48.2	7,747
43	Dabo	Moselle (57)	48.1	2,405
44	Saint-Dizier	Haute-Marne (52)	47.7	23,281
45	La Porte du Der	Haute-Marne (52)	47.2	2,153
46	Reims	Marne (51)	46.9	180,733
47	Haute-Amance	Haute-Marne (52)	46.3	967
48	Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube	Haute-Marne (52)	46.3	275
49	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	Vosges (88)	46.2	19,721
50	Orbey	Haut-Rhin (68)	46.0	3,495
51	Rupt-sur-Moselle	Vosges (88)	45.6	3,478
52	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines	Haut-Rhin (68)	45.2	4,983
53	Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy	Vosges (88)	45.0	979
54	Bairon et ses environs	Ardennes (08)	44.9	1,068
55	Montiers-sur-Saulx	Meuse (55)	44.6	372
56	Sélestat	Bas-Rhin (67)	44.4	19,813
57	Champignol-lez-Mondeville	Aube (10)	44.2	269
58	La Vôge-les-Bains	Vosges (88)	44.1	1,682
59	Doulaincourt-Saucourt	Haute-Marne (52)	43.9	772
60	Sompuis	Marne (51)	43.8	271
61	Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye	Marne (51)	43.7	192
62	Vendresse	Ardennes (08)	43.2	496
63	Aubepierre-sur-Aube	Haute-Marne (52)	43.1	187
64	Soudron	Marne (51)	43.0	303
65	Les Riceys	Aube (10)	42.9	1,200
66	Fayl-Billot	Haute-Marne (52)	42.9	1,376
67	Mailly-le-Camp	Aube (10)	42.7	2,038
68	Beine-Nauroy	Marne (51)	42.7	1,063
69	Mouterhouse	Moselle (57)	42.6	270
70	Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon	Haute-Marne (52)	42.6	772
71	Grandpré	Ardennes (08)	42.5	515
72	Poivres	Aube (10)	42.5	157
73	Vouziers	Ardennes (08)	42.5	3,938
74	Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand	Marne (51)	42.4	353
75	Rumilly-lès-Vaudes	Aube (10)	42.4	575
76	Maraye-en-Othe	Aube (10)	42.3	431
77	Suippes	Marne (51)	42.3	3,974
78	Hargnies	Ardennes (08)	42.2	440
79	Metz	Moselle (57)	41.9	124,396
80	Mouzon	Ardennes (08)	41.8	2,255
81 tied	Plancy-l'Abbaye	Aube (10)	41.4	974
81 tied	Roches-Bettaincourt	Haute-Marne (52)	41.4	534
83	Abreschviller	Moselle (57)	41.3	1,458
84	Bitche	Moselle (57)	41.1	5,057
85	Champsevraine	Haute-Marne (52)	40.8	733
86	Parnoy-en-Bassigny	Haute-Marne (52)	40.8	281
87	Igny-Comblizy	Marne (51)	40.7	436
88	Dainville-Bertheléville	Meuse (55)	40.3	126
89	Cornimont	Vosges (88)	40.2	3,097
90	Rouffach	Haut-Rhin (68)	40.1	4,471
91	Villegusien-le-Lac	Haute-Marne (52)	40.0	1,018
92	Val-des-Marais	Marne (51)	39.9	569
93	Thin-le-Moutier	Ardennes (08)	39.7	717
94	Grandfontaine	Bas-Rhin (67)	39.5	401
95	Bourdons-sur-Rognon	Haute-Marne (52)	39.5	297
96	Faux-Vésigneul	Marne (51)	39.4	245
97	Vaucouleurs	Meuse (55)	39.4	1,929
98	Tailly	Ardennes (08)	39.3	187
99	Baerenthal	Moselle (57)	39.2	745
100	Bellefontaine	Vosges (88)	39.1	976

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 Grand Est by area

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