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Departments

The population of the departments of Occitania 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) 2021-01-01
Ariège		Dept	Foix	4,890	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	152,499	154,596	489000	→
Aude		Dept	Carcassonne	6,139	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	366,957	376,028	613900	→
Aveyron		Dept	Rodez	8,735	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	279,169	279,649	873500	→
Gard		Dept	Nîmes	5,853	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	738,189	756,543	585300	→
Gers		Dept	Auch	6,257	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,932	192,437	625700	→
Haute-Garonne		Dept	Toulouse	6,309	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,335,103	1,434,367	630900	→
Hautes-Pyrénées		Dept	Tarbes	4,464	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	228,582	230,956	446400	→
Hérault		Dept	Montpellier	6,101	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,120,190	1,201,883	610100	→
Lot		Dept	Cahors	5,217	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,400	174,942	521700	→
Lozère		Dept	Mende	5,167	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,309	76,519	516700	→
Pyrénées-Orientales		Dept	Perpignan	4,116	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	471,038	487,307	411600	→
Tarn		Dept	Albi	5,758	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,543	393,572	575800	→
Tarn-et-Garonne		Dept	Montauban	3,718	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	255,274	263,377	371800	→
Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée) [Occitania]	OCC	Reg	Toulouse	72,724	4,057,772	4,251,833	4,545,648	4,847,335	5,371,117	5,774,185	6,022,176	7272400	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	65,505,213		→

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

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2021-01-01
1	Toulouse	504,078
2	Montpellier	302,454
3	Nîmes	148,104
4	Perpignan	119,656
5	Béziers	80,341
6	Montauban	61,919
7	Narbonne	56,395
8	Albi	49,714
9	Carcassonne	46,218

Contents: Cities & Communes

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

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) 2021-01-01	Area
Agde	11,605	13,107	17,583	19,988	21,104	26,946	29,103	5086	→
Albi	46,162	45,947	46,579	46,274	48,889	49,475	49,714	4424	→
Alès	44,245	43,268	41,037	39,346	40,108	39,535	43,892	2316	→
Auch	23,185	23,258	23,136	21,838	21,704	21,943	23,041	7255	→
Béziers	84,029	76,647	70,996	69,153	72,462	75,999	80,341	9552	→
Blagnac	11,651	14,929	17,209	20,586	21,194	23,759	26,466	1687	→
Cahors	20,226	19,707	19,735	20,003	20,093	19,340	20,141	6473	→
Carcassonne	42,154	41,153	43,470	43,950	47,620	45,996	46,218	6511	→
Castelnau-le-Lez	9,339	9,884	11,043	14,214	15,201	19,504	24,888	1118
Castres	45,978	45,578	44,812	43,496	43,347	41,483	42,672	9819	→
Colomiers	20,126	23,326	26,979	28,538	32,315	38,801	40,159	2083	→
Cugnaux	9,516	9,461	11,311	12,997	16,047	17,600	20,341	1301	→
Foix	9,599	9,282	9,964	9,109	9,658	9,706	9,472	1932	→
Frontignan	12,238	14,951	16,245	19,145	23,068	22,771	23,808	3170	→
Lunel	13,452	15,648	18,404	22,352	24,044	25,178	26,185	2391	→
Mende	10,451	10,929	11,286	11,804	12,153	11,641	12,316	3654	→
Millau	21,907	21,695	21,788	21,339	22,041	22,234	21,712	16802	→
Montauban	48,028	50,682	51,224	51,855	55,438	59,982	61,919	13504	→
Montpellier	191,354	197,231	207,996	225,392	253,712	277,639	302,454	5687	→
Muret	14,778	15,844	18,134	20,735	23,572	25,264	25,060	5792	→
Narbonne	39,342	41,565	45,849	46,510	51,306	53,462	56,395	17290	→
Nîmes	127,933	124,220	128,471	133,424	143,468	150,672	148,104	16192	→
Perpignan	106,426	111,669	105,983	105,115	116,041	121,934	119,656	6808	→
Plaisance-du-Touch	4,560	5,753	10,075	14,164	15,443	17,896	19,944	2653	→
Rodez	25,550	24,368	24,701	23,707	24,289	23,949	24,207	1118	→
Sète	39,258	39,545	41,510	39,542	42,972	43,620	44,712	2421	→
Tarbes	54,897	51,422	47,566	46,275	44,973	40,593	43,955	1533	→
Toulouse	373,796	347,995	358,688	390,350	439,453	471,941	504,078	11829	→
Tournefeuille	5,291	8,541	16,669	22,758	25,709	26,477	29,439	1816	→

Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2024.
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.