What is the largest town in Normandy by area?

Souleuvre en Bocage (Calvados) is the largest town in Normandy by area, covering 187 km².

What are the 10 largest towns in Normandy by area?

In order: Souleuvre en Bocage (187 km²), Livarot-Pays-d'Auge (181 km²), Gouffern en Auge (166 km²), Mesnil-en-Ouche (165 km²), Valdallière (158 km²), Longny les Villages (152 km²), La Hague (149 km²), Saint-Pierre-en-Auge (145 km²), Vire Normandie (139 km²), and Carentan-les-Marais (133 km²).

What is the smallest town in Normandy by area?

La Ferrière-sur-Risle (Eure) is the smallest town in Normandy by area, covering just 0.24 km². See the smallest towns in Normandy by area.

How many towns in Normandy are ranked?

All of them: the 2,644 towns in Normandy 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 Normandy by Area: 2026 Ranking

This ranking covers all 2,644 towns in Normandy. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, La Ferrière-sur-Risle (Eure) comes last with 0.24 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 Normandy

Rank	Town	Department	Area	Population
1	Souleuvre en Bocage	Calvados (14)	187	8,774
2	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge	Calvados (14)	181	6,311
3	Gouffern en Auge	Orne (61)	166	3,710
4	Mesnil-en-Ouche	Eure (27)	165	4,533
5	Valdallière	Calvados (14)	158	5,804
6	Longny les Villages	Orne (61)	152	2,850
7	La Hague	Manche (50)	149	11,761
8	Saint-Pierre-en-Auge	Calvados (14)	145	7,458
9	Vire Normandie	Calvados (14)	139	18,238
10	Carentan-les-Marais	Manche (50)	133	10,375
11	La Ferté-en-Ouche	Orne (61)	132	2,997
12	Mesnils-sur-Iton	Eure (27)	125	6,291
13	Noues de Sienne	Calvados (14)	118	4,290
14	Vexin-sur-Epte	Eure (27)	114	6,141
15	Mézidon Vallée d'Auge	Calvados (14)	103	9,863
16	Tourouvre au Perche	Orne (61)	93.8	2,990
17	Petit-Caux	Seine-Maritime (76)	91.1	9,744
18	Tinchebray-Bocage	Orne (61)	90.9	4,875
19	Perche en Nocé	Orne (61)	86.6	2,011
20	Saint-James	Manche (50)	86.4	5,102
21	Juvigny Val d'Andaine	Orne (61)	79.6	2,125
22	Putanges-le-Lac	Orne (61)	76.9	2,135
23	Athis-Val de Rouvre	Orne (61)	76.7	4,287
24	Bricquebec-en-Cotentin	Manche (50)	76.6	5,981
25	Belforêt-en-Perche	Orne (61)	74.5	1,513
26	Isigny-le-Buat	Manche (50)	73.3	3,272
27	Les Monts d'Aunay	Calvados (14)	69.4	4,846
28	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	Manche (50)	68.5	80,317
29	Le Teilleul	Manche (50)	66.9	1,734
30	Domfront en Poiraie	Orne (61)	65.5	4,226
31	Picauville	Manche (50)	64.9	3,270
32	La Haye	Manche (50)	63.8	4,136
33	Val-au-Perche	Orne (61)	63.3	3,403
34	Condé-en-Normandie	Calvados (14)	63.0	6,320
35	Mortain-Bocage	Manche (50)	62.6	3,130
36	Merlerault-le-Pin	Orne (61)	61.6	1,479
37	Pontorson	Manche (50)	61.5	4,365
38	Isigny-sur-Mer	Calvados (14)	61.4	3,583
39	Ceton	Orne (61)	59.4	1,760
40	Juvigny les Vallées	Manche (50)	57.3	1,716
41	Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton	Eure (27)	56.0	7,534
42	Breteuil	Eure (27)	55.1	4,407
43	Arelaune-en-Seine	Seine-Maritime (76)	53.8	2,600
44	Saint-Sauveur-Villages	Manche (50)	53.7	3,325
45	Lonlay-l'Abbaye	Orne (61)	53.4	1,149
46	Sablons sur Huisne	Orne (61)	52.4	2,011
47	Sainte-Mère-Église	Manche (50)	52.3	2,942
48	Sourdeval	Manche (50)	51.9	3,086
49	Vatteville-la-Rue	Seine-Maritime (76)	51.1	1,123
50	Rémalard en Perche	Orne (61)	50.7	1,896
51	Quettreville-sur-Sienne	Manche (50)	49.4	3,235
52	Saint-Gatien-des-Bois	Calvados (14)	49.1	1,326
53	Percy-en-Normandie	Manche (50)	48.3	2,744
54	Bourgvallées	Manche (50)	48.3	3,398
55	Cour-Maugis sur Huisne	Orne (61)	47.3	597
56	Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët	Manche (50)	47.0	6,076
57	Le Havre	Seine-Maritime (76)	47.0	168,588
58	Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom	Calvados (14)	46.9	3,648
59	Marbois	Eure (27)	46.5	1,355
60	Boischampré	Orne (61)	46.4	1,190
61	Aurseulles	Calvados (14)	46.0	1,916
62	Charencey	Orne (61)	45.6	766
63	Champsecret	Orne (61)	44.7	993
64	L'Orée-d'Écouves	Orne (61)	44.5	720
65	Montsenelle	Manche (50)	43.1	1,471
66	Passais Villages	Orne (61)	42.4	1,182
67	Ceaucé	Orne (61)	41.5	1,184
68	Écouché-les-Vallées	Orne (61)	41.2	2,240
69	Valambray	Calvados (14)	41.2	1,717
70	Les Andelys	Eure (27)	40.6	7,848
71	Sées	Orne (61)	40.3	4,600
72	Bretoncelles	Orne (61)	40.2	1,471
73	Caumont-sur-Aure	Calvados (14)	39.9	2,458
74	Ger	Manche (50)	39.8	840
75	La Feuillie	Seine-Maritime (76)	39.8	1,254
76	Torigny-les-Villes	Manche (50)	39.2	4,505
77	Bellou-en-Houlme	Orne (61)	38.7	1,049
78	Port-Bail-sur-Mer	Manche (50)	38.5	2,589
79	Saint-Amand-Villages	Manche (50)	38.2	2,585
80	Les Monts d'Andaine	Orne (61)	38.1	1,719
81	Gavray-sur-Sienne	Manche (50)	38.0	2,074
82	Terres-de-Caux	Seine-Maritime (76)	38.0	4,363
83	Terres de Druance	Calvados (14)	37.2	926
84	Rives d'Andaine	Orne (61)	37.1	2,919
85	Thue et Mue	Calvados (14)	36.8	6,251
86	Les Trois Lacs	Eure (27)	36.5	1,777
87	Beaumont-le-Roger	Eure (27)	36.4	2,818
88	Écouves	Orne (61)	36.4	1,705
89	Condé-sur-Vire	Manche (50)	36.4	4,271
90	Romagny Fontenay	Manche (50)	36.3	1,278
91	Chailloué	Orne (61)	35.9	907
92	Terre-et-Marais	Manche (50)	35.6	1,290
93	Vernon	Eure (27)	34.9	25,873
94	Barenton	Manche (50)	34.9	1,180
95	Grandparigny	Manche (50)	34.6	2,681
96	Gouville-sur-Mer	Manche (50)	34.6	3,347
97	Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois	Orne (61)	34.5	443
98	Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	Manche (50)	34.3	2,159
99	Tessy-Bocage	Manche (50)	34.2	2,264
100	Les Baux-de-Breteuil	Eure (27)	34.2	695

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 Normandy by area

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