Demographia

France Urbanized Area Trends from 1962

1962 Urbanized Area Population Area (KM2) Density Central City Population Area (KM2) Density Suburban Population Area (KM2) Density
Paris 7,369,387 1,457 5,057 2,790,091 105 26,471 4,579,296 1,352 3,387
Marsielle 807,499 354 2,279 778,071 241 3,235 29,428 114 258
Lyon 885,944 299 2,965 528,535 46 11,553 357,409 253 1,412
Lille 821,772 257 3,192 395,210 50 7,890 426,562 207 2,057
Nice 310,063 98 3,166 292,958 72 4,073 17,105 26 657
Toulouse 329,044 136 2,414 323,724 119 2,711 5,320 17 315
Bordeaux 462,161 227 2,039 249,688 38 6,538 212,473 188 1,127
Nantes 327,636 232 1,410 240,028 64 3,724 87,608 168 522
Toulon 235,796 151 1,562 161,786 43 3,792 74,010 108 683
Douia-Lens 395,071 273 1,449 90,229 28 3,173 304,842 244 1,249
Strasbourg 302,303 148 2,041 228,971 78 2,925 73,332 70 1,050
Grenoble 223,243 126 1,778 156,707 18 8,889 66,536 108 616
Rouen 325,420 215 1,517 120,857 22 5,567 204,563 193 1,061
Valaciennes 172,423 153 1,126 45,379 14 3,286 127,044 139 911
Nancy 217,418 118 1,843 128,677 14 8,911 88,741 104 857
Metz 147,154 103 1,423 102,771 42 2,450 44,383 61 722
Tours 151,359 113 1,338 92,944 15 6,209 58,415 98 595
St. Etienne 289,958 113 2,560 201,242 36 5,659 88,716 78 1,142
Montpelier 123,843 69 1,802 118,864 56 2,140 4,979 13 378
Rennes 156,585 62 2,529 151,948 50 3,034 4,637 12 392
Orleans 125,984 107 1,182 84,243 20 4,233 41,741 87 481
Bethune 43,697 40 1,084 23,445 8 2,794 20,252 32 634
Clermond-Ferrand 159,687 65 2,470 127,684 43 2,992 32,003 22 1,457
Avignon 86,947 112 773 72,717 65 1,119 14,230 47 300
LeHavre 222,565 110 2,030 183,776 47 3,889 38,789 62 622
Dijon 153,699 94 1,632 135,694 40 3,371 18,005 54 334
Mulhouse 164,975 140 1,180 108,995 22 4,914 55,980 118 476
Angers 133,597 90 1,492 115,242 42 2,746 18,355 48 386
Reims 148,452 78 1,891 133,914 41 3,294 14,538 38 384
Brest 136,104 44 3,107 136,104 44 3,107      
Total 15,429,786 5,584 2,763 8,320,494 1,523 5,464 7,109,292 4,061 1,751
                   
Outside Paris 8,060,399 4,127 1,953 5,530,403 1,417 3,902 2,529,996 2,709 934
                   
                   
1999 Urbanized Area Population Area (KM2) Density Central City Population Area (KM2) Density Suburban Population Area (KM2) Density
Paris 9,644,507 2,723 3,542 2,125,246 105 20,164 7,519,261 2,618 2,873
Marsielle 1,349,772 1,290 1,047 798,430 241 3,320 551,342 1,049 526
Lyon 1,348,832 954 1,414 445,452 46 9,737 903,380 908 994
Lille 1,000,900 450 2,223 375,181 50 7,490 625,719 400 1,564
Nice 888,784 721 1,233 342,738 72 4,766 546,046 649 841
Toulouse 761,090 808 942 390,350 119 3,268 370,740 689 538
Bordeaux 753,931 1,057 713 215,363 38 5,639 538,568 1,019 529
Nantes 544,932 473 1,153 270,251 64 4,193 274,681 408 673
Toulon 519,640 713 729 160,639 43 3,765 359,001 670 535
Douia-Lens 518,727 489 1,061 79,002 28 2,778 439,725 461 955
Strasbourg 427,245 222 1,921 264,115 78 3,374 163,130 144 1,132
Grenoble 419,334 325 1,291 153,317 18 8,696 266,017 307 866
Rouen 389,862 268 1,457 106,592 22 4,910 283,270 246 1,152
Valaciennes 357,395 507 706 41,278 14 2,989 316,117 493 642
Nancy 331,363 314 1,054 103,605 14 7,175 227,758 300 760
Metz 322,526 363 890 123,776 42 2,951 198,750 321 620
Tours 297,631 421 708 132,820 15 8,872 164,811 406 406
St. Etienne 291,960 231 1,263 180,210 36 5,068 111,750 196 571
Montpelier 287,981 154 1,865 225,392 56 4,057 62,589 99 633
Rennes 272,263 185 1,473 206,229 50 4,118 66,034 135 490