List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

This article is a list of communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with over 20,000 inhabitants as of January 2017.[1] As of January 2017, there were 468 communes with population over 20,000, 272 communes with population over 30,000, 130 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000. 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] Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.[4][5] Communes in the overseas territories are listed in a separate table below.

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