|
Letter
|
Population
|
City
|
|
P
|
12,146,952
|
Paris
|
|
L
|
2,251,197
|
Lyon
|
|
M
|
2,053,893
|
Marseille
|
|
T
|
1,303,498
|
Toulouse
|
|
L
|
1,208,823
|
Lille
|
|
B
|
1,104,087
|
Bordeaux
|
|
N
|
1,008,120
|
Nice
|
|
M
|
812,673
|
Montpellier
|
|
N
|
727,460
|
Nantes
|
|
R
|
516,653
|
Rouen
|
|
S
|
504,865
|
Strasbourg
|
|
T
|
480,660
|
Toulon
|
|
G
|
470,336
|
Grenoble
|
|
A
|
462,077
|
Avignon
|
|
R
|
374,985
|
Rennes
|
|
T
|
371,095
|
Tours
|
|
M
|
326,339
|
Metz
|
|
O
|
313,288
|
Orléans
|
|
C-F
|
281,155
|
Clermont-Ferrand
|
|
V
|
274,193
|
Versailles
|
|
L-H
|
268,779
|
Le Havre
|
|
P-A-P
|
260,071
|
Pointe-à-Pitre
|
|
M
|
255,116
|
Mulhouse
|
|
A
|
253,700
|
Angers
|
|
C
|
248,070
|
Cannes
|
|
D
|
232,134
|
Dijon
|
|
S-P
|
228,470
|
Saint Pierre
|
|
C
|
210,245
|
Chambéry
|
|
C
|
209,672
|
Caen
|
|
A
|
207,820
|
Annecy
|
|
S-N
|
206,610
|
Saint-Nazaire
|
|
R
|
205,175
|
Reims
|
|
B
|
201,793
|
Besançon
|
|
N
|
194,260
|
Nancy
|
|
L
|
192,109
|
Limoges
|
|
S-P
|
192,029
|
Saint-Paul
|
|
|
Letter
|
Population
|
City
|
|
D
|
190,310
|
Dunkirk
|
|
S-D
|
187,622
|
Saint-Denis
|
|
A
|
178,942
|
Amiens
|
|
N
|
178,506
|
Nouméa
|
|
S-E
|
172,718
|
Saint-Étienne
|
|
V
|
164,084
|
Villeurbanne
|
|
L-M
|
163,031
|
Le Mans
|
|
B
|
155,452
|
Brest
|
|
N
|
154,019
|
Nîmes
|
|
S-D
|
150,020
|
Saint-Denis
|
|
A-E-P
|
147,478
|
Aix-en-Provence
|
|
L
|
146,711
|
Lens
|
|
C
|
145,025
|
Calais
|
|
P
|
141,440
|
Papeʻete
|
|
P
|
140,063
|
Pau
|
|
B
|
136,887
|
Bayonne
|
|
C
|
130,550
|
Cayenne
|
|
L
|
125,048
|
Lorient
|
|
T
|
122,462
|
Troyes
|
|
P
|
122,412
|
Perpignan
|
|
B-B
|
121,105
|
Boulogne-Billancourt
|
|
T
|
114,577
|
Thionville
|
|
M
|
111,455
|
Montreuil
|
|
V
|
110,277
|
Valenciennes
|
|
B-S-M
|
109,389
|
Boulogne-sur-Mer
|
|
A
|
108,114
|
Argenteuil
|
|
C
|
107,650
|
Creil
|
|
F-D-F
|
106,539
|
Fort-de-France
|
|
T
|
105,090
|
Tourcoing
|
|
V
|
104,070
|
Valence
|
|
P
|
103,788
|
Poitiers
|
|
R
|
103,228
|
Roubaix
|
|
C
|
102,097
|
Chartres
|
|
L-R
|
102,011
|
La Rochelle
|
|
C
|
101,402
|
Colmar
|
|
N
|
101,053
|
Nanterre
|
|
- Roubaix and Tourcoing are part of the urban area of Lille (and therefore are already counted in the 1.2 million inh.)
- Villeurbanne is part of the urban area of Lyon
- Argenteuil, Montreuil, Nanterre, Saint-Denis (1/2), Boulogne-Billancourt and Versailles are all included in the 12.1 million inh. of the urban area of Paris (it's actually the population of the whole Île-de-France, but whether it could be considered thoroughly as an urban area is questionable)
- The 1.0 m inh for Nice is almost equal to the population of the Alpes-Maritimes département, which also includes Cannes...
-For Marseille, this number also includes the population of Aix-en-Provence...
I believe there might be some others!