Continued: ranks 101 to 200.
The urban units ranked by population
Source: INSEE, geographic classification of communes (current zonings) and official population figures. Data sources.
2026 ranking · urban units
The Paris urban unit is the most populous in France, with 11,100,589 inhabitants across 406 communes, ahead of the Lyon urban unit (1,742,641) and the Marseille-Aix-en-Provence urban unit (1,666,493).
2,458 urban units
Continued: ranks 101 to 200.
Source: INSEE, geographic classification of communes (current zonings) and official population figures. Data sources.