What is the largest town in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area?

Laruns (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is the largest town in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area, covering 249 km².

What are the 10 largest towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area?

In order: Laruns (249 km²), Lacanau (214 km²), Hourtin (191 km²), Bressuire (181 km²), La Teste-de-Buch (180 km²), Carcans (175 km²), Biscarrosse (160 km²), Sabres (160 km²), Luxey (160 km²), and Belin-Béliet (156 km²).

What is the smallest town in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area?

Castelmoron-d'Albret (Gironde) is the smallest town in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area, covering just 0.04 km². See The smallest towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area.

How many towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine are ranked?

All of them: the 4,293 towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine by Area: 2026 Ranking

This ranking covers all 4,293 towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The table is split into pages of 100 towns. At the other end of the ranking, Castelmoron-d'Albret (Gironde) comes last with 0.04 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Rank	Town	Department	Area	Population
1	Laruns	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	249	1,196
2	Lacanau	Gironde (33)	214	5,853
3	Hourtin	Gironde (33)	191	4,124
4	Bressuire	Deux-Sèvres (79)	181	21,034
5	La Teste-de-Buch	Gironde (33)	180	27,909
6	Carcans	Gironde (33)	175	2,453
7	Biscarrosse	Landes (40)	160	16,203
8	Sabres	Landes (40)	160	1,353
9	Luxey	Landes (40)	160	665
10	Belin-Béliet	Gironde (33)	156	6,386
11	Mareuil en Périgord	Dordogne (24)	150	2,367
12	Le Porge	Gironde (33)	149	3,507
13	Sore	Landes (40)	148	1,203
14	Pissos	Landes (40)	141	1,527
15	Morcenx-la-Nouvelle	Landes (40)	138	5,159
16	Salles	Gironde (33)	138	8,335
17	Mios	Gironde (33)	137	12,227
18	Saint-Laurent-Médoc	Gironde (33)	137	5,014
19	Lanton	Gironde (33)	136	7,477
20	Rion-des-Landes	Landes (40)	134	3,200
21	Brantôme en Périgord	Dordogne (24)	133	3,835
22	Onesse-Laharie	Landes (40)	132	1,097
23	Sainte-Hélène	Gironde (33)	128	3,159
24	Larrau	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	127	184
25	Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe	Haute-Vienne (87)	121	1,733
26	Mauléon	Deux-Sèvres (79)	121	8,855
27	Saint-Jean-d'Illac	Gironde (33)	121	9,817
28	Captieux	Gironde (33)	119	1,444
29	Boivre-la-Vallée	Vienne (86)	117	3,079
30	Argentonnay	Deux-Sèvres (79)	117	3,318
31	Mimizan	Landes (40)	115	7,814
32	Lit-et-Mixe	Landes (40)	113	1,760
33	Parentis-en-Born	Landes (40)	112	7,780
34	Ychoux	Landes (40)	111	2,396
35	Saugnac-et-Muret	Landes (40)	109	1,393
36	Le Barp	Gironde (33)	107	5,910
37	Saint-Symphorien	Gironde (33)	106	1,916
38	Bassillac et Auberoche	Dordogne (24)	103	4,443
39	Lesperon	Landes (40)	103	1,065
40	Escource	Landes (40)	103	842
41	Losse	Landes (40)	103	288
42	Vendays-Montalivet	Gironde (33)	101	2,877
43	Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche	Haute-Vienne (87)	101	7,164
44	Soustons	Landes (40)	100	8,917
45	Cestas	Gironde (33)	99.6	16,937
46	Nueil-les-Aubiers	Deux-Sèvres (79)	98.8	5,623
47	Naujac-sur-Mer	Gironde (33)	98.6	1,131
48	Lathus-Saint-Rémy	Vienne (86)	98.3	1,232
49	Solférino	Landes (40)	97.8	379
50	Lüe	Landes (40)	96.7	629
51	Lencouacq	Landes (40)	96.6	381
52	Chauvigny	Vienne (86)	95.8	7,166
53	Saint-Martin-la-Pallu	Vienne (86)	93.9	5,798
54	Lège-Cap-Ferret	Gironde (33)	93.6	8,041
55	Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre	Deux-Sèvres (79)	92.8	5,290
56	Plaine-et-Vallées	Deux-Sèvres (79)	92.7	2,366
57	Arette	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	92.2	1,066
58	Castets	Landes (40)	90.2	2,569
59	La Roche-Chalais	Dordogne (24)	89.4	3,109
60	Vasles	Deux-Sèvres (79)	89.2	1,694
61	Saucats	Gironde (33)	89.2	3,609
62	Mézos	Landes (40)	89.1	889
63	Callen	Landes (40)	87.9	155
64	Meymac	Corrèze (19)	87.2	2,580
65	Le Teich	Gironde (33)	87.1	9,381
66	Terres-de-Haute-Charente	Charente (16)	86.7	3,896
67	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles	Gironde (33)	85.3	33,398
68	Valence-en-Poitou	Vienne (86)	83.2	4,453
69	Asson	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	83.0	2,050
70	Saint-Magne	Gironde (33)	82.7	1,273
71	Bourriot-Bergonce	Landes (40)	82.7	333
72	Marans	Charente-Maritime (17)	82.5	4,540
73	Val de Louyre et Caudeau	Dordogne (24)	82.1	1,605
74	Audenge	Gironde (33)	82.1	9,754
75	Thouars	Deux-Sèvres (79)	81.5	14,178
76	Sanguinet	Landes (40)	81.4	4,817
77	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	Lot-et-Garonne (47)	81.3	23,095
78	Linxe	Landes (40)	80.9	1,587
79	Monein	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	80.8	4,554
80	Pontenx-les-Forges	Landes (40)	80.6	1,814
81	Gentioux-Pigerolles	Creuse (23)	79.3	410
82	Trensacq	Landes (40)	79.3	290
83	Le Grand-Bourg	Creuse (23)	78.9	1,200
84	Val en Vignes	Deux-Sèvres (79)	78.3	2,142
85	Limoges	Haute-Vienne (87)	78.0	131,817
86	Retjons	Landes (40)	77.8	306
87	Magescq	Landes (40)	77.1	2,749
88	Hasparren	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	77.0	7,883
89	Allons	Lot-et-Garonne (47)	76.3	168
90	Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé	Vienne (86)	74.9	865
91	Royère-de-Vassivière	Creuse (23)	74.1	572
92	Saint-Julien-en-Born	Landes (40)	72.9	1,819
93	Neuvic	Corrèze (19)	72.9	1,813
94	Beaumontois en Périgord	Dordogne (24)	72.7	1,769
95	Sainte-Engrâce	Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)	72.7	173
96	Usson-du-Poitou	Vienne (86)	72.6	1,233
97	Magnac-Laval	Haute-Vienne (87)	72.2	1,855
98	Labrit	Landes (40)	72.2	864
99	Vielle-Saint-Girons	Landes (40)	72.0	1,567
100	Le Temple	Gironde (33)	71.8	659

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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine by area

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