France

According to the definition of 2020, Metropolitan France comprises 2,409 urban agglomerations (unités urbaine). This means an increase by 180 compared with the demarcation of 2010. Paris is (with unchanged boundaries) the largest agglomeration with 10,816,526 inhabitants in 2018.

2021-01-05

The update to 2020 boundaries has only small impacts: Four mergers of communes happened and Torcy arrondissement absorbed five communes of Meaux and Provins arrondissement. The merger of Troarn and Sannerville to Saline commune was revoked.

2020-12-29

According to the 2019 definition, the communes Montévrain (Seine-et-Marne department) and Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (in Essonne department) are newly divided by IRIS statistical areas.

2020-10-25

2017 estimates for population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship, immigration) are available for arrondissements, communes and urban agglomerations.

2020-07-12

The update to 2019 boundaries affected 626 communes that were rearranged to 239 communes. The resulting communes have between 81 (Douaumont-Vaux) and 67,967 inhabitants (Évry-Courcouronnes). Some arrondissements were also affected.

2019-12-31

According to preliminary estimates, the total 2019 population reached 64.81 million. 51.61% are females and 20.26% have a age of 65 or more.

2019-01-20

Metropolitan France consists of 35,228 communes at the beginning of 2018. 24.6 million people (= 38.2%; 2016 population) live in 434 communes with at least 20,000 inhabitants. 8.986 million (=13.9%) reside in 25,453 communes that have a population of less than 1,000.

2018-12-27