List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

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As of January 2023, there were 482 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 287 communes with population over 30,000, 133 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000.[1] All figures reflect the municipal population (French: population municipale), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune,[2] excluding population counted apart.[3] The population of the matching urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.[4][5] Communes in the overseas and sui generis collectivities are listed in a separate table below.

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Overseas and sui generis collectivities, and Mayotte

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For the overseas and sui generis collectivities the legal populations sources are:

Nouméa
Mamoudzou
Saint-Martin
CommuneOverseas and sui generis collectivitiesPop. 2017–2023Rank
NouméaNew Caledonia94,2851
MamoudzouMayotte71,4372
DumbéaNew Caledonia35,8733
KoungouMayotte32,1564
Saint-MartinCollectivity of Saint Martin31,1605
FaʻaʻāFrench Polynesia29,8266
PunaʻauiaFrench Polynesia28,7817
Le Mont-DoreNew Caledonia27,6208
PapeeteFrench Polynesia26,6549
PaïtaNew Caledonia24,56310

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