Grand Est (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Grand Est Region according to census results and latest official estimates.

Since 2006, France computes the population size from census results counted in different years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01
Ardennes		Dept	Charleville-Mézières	5,229	309,306	302,338	296,357	290,130	284,749	277,752	267,204	522900	→
Aube		Dept	Troyes	6,004	284,823	289,300	289,207	292,131	300,840	309,056	311,076	600400	→
Bas-Rhin		Dept	Strasbourg	4,755	882,121	915,676	953,053	1,026,120	1,084,840	1,116,658	1,156,963	475500	→
Haute-Marne		Dept	Chaumont	6,211	212,304	210,670	204,067	194,873	187,407	179,154	169,865	621100	→
Haut-Rhin		Dept	Colmar	3,525	635,209	650,372	671,319	708,025	742,408	762,607	767,800	352500	→
Marne		Dept	Châlons-en-Champagne	8,169	530,454	543,670	558,276	565,284	566,561	572,293	564,107	816900	→
Meurthe-et-Moselle		Dept	Nancy	5,246	722,693	716,846	711,943	713,779	726,592	734,403	732,898	524600	→
Meuse		Dept	Bar-le-Duc	6,211	203,799	200,101	196,223	192,198	193,962	190,626	180,745	621100	→
Moselle		Dept	Metz	6,216	1,006,373	1,007,189	1,011,302	1,023,447	1,039,023	1,044,486	1,050,721	621600	→
Vosges		Dept	Épinal	5,874	397,957	395,769	386,258	380,952	380,304	372,016	358,700	587400	→
Grand Est	GES	Reg	Strasbourg	57,441	5,185,039	5,231,931	5,278,005	5,386,939	5,506,686	5,559,051	5,560,079	5744100	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	65,846,255		→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01
1	Strasbourg	291,709
2	Reims	178,478
3	Metz	121,695
4	Mulhouse	104,924
5	Nancy	104,387
6	Colmar	67,360
7	Troyes	62,443
8	Charleville-Mézières	45,634
9	Châlons-en-Champagne	43,218
10	Thionville	42,778

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Grand Est Region with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2024.

Name	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01	Area
Bar-le-Duc	19,288	18,471	17,545	16,944	16,002	15,548	14,615	2363	→
Châlons-en-Champagne (Châlons-sur-Marne)	52,275	51,137	48,423	47,339	45,829	45,268	43,218	2605	→
Charleville-Mézières	60,176	58,667	57,008	55,490	51,070	47,847	45,634	3144	→
Chaumont	27,226	27,554	27,041	25,996	24,321	22,333	21,418	5531	→
Colmar	64,771	62,483	63,498	65,136	66,560	70,284	67,360	6660	→
Épernay	29,677	27,668	26,682	25,844	24,591	23,169	22,022	2269	→
Épinal	39,604	37,818	36,732	35,794	33,528	31,938	32,296	5926	→
Forbach	25,244	27,187	27,076	22,807	21,801	21,639	21,111	1633	→
Haguenau	25,147	26,629	27,675	32,242	35,112	34,846	36,070	18216	→
Illkirch-Graffenstaden	16,330	19,857	22,307	23,815	26,829	26,605	27,339	2222	→
Lingolsheim	10,479	14,688	16,480	16,860	16,954	18,328	20,683	569	→
Longwy	20,131	17,338	15,439	14,521	14,346	14,437	15,492	534	→
Lunéville	22,709	21,468	20,711	20,200	20,078	19,020	17,920	1634	→
Metz	111,869	114,232	119,594	123,776	123,580	117,492	121,695	4194	→
Montigny-lès-Metz	24,519	22,114	21,983	23,437	22,585	21,430	21,869	670	→
Mulhouse	117,013	112,157	108,357	110,359	111,394	110,370	104,924	2218	→
Nancy	107,902	96,317	99,351	103,605	105,349	105,162	104,387	1501	→
Reims	178,381	177,234	180,620	187,206	183,500	184,076	178,478	4690	→
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	25,423	23,759	22,635	22,569	21,882	20,079	19,324	4615	→
Saint-Dizier	37,266	35,189	33,552	30,900	26,962	25,182	22,811	4769	→
Saint-Louis	18,007	18,682	19,547	19,961	19,995	20,401	22,530	1684	→
Sarreguemines	25,684	24,719	23,117	23,202	21,835	21,236	20,324	2967	→
Schiltigheim	30,144	29,574	29,155	30,841	31,729	31,767	34,382	763	→
Sedan	23,995	23,477	21,667	20,548	19,691	17,248	16,727	1628	→
Sélestat	15,248	15,112	15,538	17,179	19,303	19,252	19,523	4439	→
Strasbourg	253,384	248,712	252,338	264,115	272,123	277,270	291,709	7826	→
Thionville	43,020	40,573	39,712	40,907	40,910	40,665	42,778	4989	→
Troyes	72,165	63,579	59,255	60,958	61,823	60,928	62,443	1320	→
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy	33,909	33,682	34,105	32,048	31,196	29,923	29,697	946	→
Verdun	23,621	21,516	20,753	19,624	19,147	18,139	16,610	3105	→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	734,605
Females	769,271

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	266,501
15-64 years	942,960
65+ years	294,415

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	18,081
80-89 years	63,016
70-79 years	135,548
60-69 years	163,000
50-59 years	189,406
40-49 years	196,693
30-39 years	194,433
20-29 years	178,926
10-19 years	196,008
0-9 years	168,765

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	1,394,090
Foreign citizenship	63,716

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	1,376,248
Immigrant	81,558