Occitanie / Occitania (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

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) 2022-01-01
Ariège		Dept	Foix	4,890	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	152,499	155,339	489000	→
Aude		Dept	Carcassonne	6,139	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	366,957	377,773	613900	→
Aveyron		Dept	Rodez	8,735	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	279,169	279,736	873500	→
Gard		Dept	Nîmes	5,853	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	738,189	764,010	585300	→
Gers		Dept	Auch	6,257	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,932	192,649	625700	→
Haute-Garonne		Dept	Toulouse	6,309	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,335,103	1,456,261	630900	→
Hautes-Pyrénées		Dept	Tarbes	4,464	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	228,582	231,453	446400	→
Hérault		Dept	Montpellier	6,101	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,120,190	1,217,331	610100	→
Lot		Dept	Cahors	5,217	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,400	175,620	521700	→
Lozère		Dept	Mende	5,167	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,309	76,503	516700	→
Pyrénées-Orientales		Dept	Perpignan	4,116	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	471,038	492,964	411600	→
Tarn		Dept	Albi	5,758	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,543	396,168	575800	→
Tarn-et-Garonne		Dept	Montauban	3,718	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	255,274	264,924	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	6,080,731	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	65,846,255		→

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

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01
1	Toulouse	511,684
2	Montpellier	307,101
3	Nîmes	150,444
4	Perpignan	120,996
5	Béziers	80,815
6	Montauban	62,487
7	Narbonne	56,692
8	Albi	50,605
9	Carcassonne	46,429
10	Sète	45,090
11	Alès	45,025

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.

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
Agde	11,605	13,107	17,583	19,988	21,104	26,946	29,612	5086	→
Albi	46,162	45,947	46,579	46,274	48,889	49,475	50,605	4424	→
Alès	44,245	43,268	41,037	39,346	40,108	39,535	45,025	2316	→
Auch	23,185	23,258	23,136	21,838	21,704	21,943	22,825	7255	→
Béziers	84,029	76,647	70,996	69,153	72,462	75,999	80,815	9552	→
Blagnac	11,651	14,929	17,209	20,586	21,194	23,759	27,314	1687	→
Cahors	20,226	19,707	19,735	20,003	20,093	19,340	19,902	6473	→
Carcassonne	42,154	41,153	43,470	43,950	47,620	45,996	46,429	6511	→
Castelnau-le-Lez	9,339	9,884	11,043	14,214	15,201	19,504	25,404	1118
Castres	45,978	45,578	44,812	43,496	43,347	41,483	42,700	9819	→
Colomiers	20,126	23,326	26,979	28,538	32,315	38,801	40,916	2083	→
Cugnaux	9,516	9,461	11,311	12,997	16,047	17,600	20,239	1301	→
Foix	9,599	9,282	9,964	9,109	9,658	9,706	9,731	1932	→
Frontignan	12,238	14,951	16,245	19,145	23,068	22,771	23,788	3170	→
Lunel	13,452	15,648	18,404	22,352	24,044	25,178	26,380	2391	→
Mende	10,451	10,929	11,286	11,804	12,153	11,641	12,322	3654	→
Millau	21,907	21,695	21,788	21,339	22,041	22,234	21,859	16802	→
Montauban	48,028	50,682	51,224	51,855	55,438	59,982	62,487	13504	→
Montpellier	191,354	197,231	207,996	225,392	253,712	277,639	307,101	5687	→
Muret	14,778	15,844	18,134	20,735	23,572	25,264	25,653	5792	→
Narbonne	39,342	41,565	45,849	46,510	51,306	53,462	56,692	17290	→
Nîmes	127,933	124,220	128,471	133,424	143,468	150,672	150,444	16192	→
Perpignan	106,426	111,669	105,983	105,115	116,041	121,934	120,996	6808	→

Plaisance-du-Touch	4,560	5,753	10,075	14,164	15,443	17,896	20,471	2653	→
Rodez	25,550	24,368	24,701	23,707	24,289	23,949	24,136	1118	→
Sète	39,258	39,545	41,510	39,542	42,972	43,620	45,090	2421	→
Tarbes	54,897	51,422	47,566	46,275	44,973	40,593	44,529	1533	→
Toulouse	373,796	347,995	358,688	390,350	439,453	471,941	511,684	11829	→
Tournefeuille	5,291	8,541	16,669	22,758	25,709	26,477	29,724	1816	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	605,069
Females	650,485

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	215,219
15-64 years	765,610
65+ years	274,725

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	16,990
80-89 years	57,737
70-79 years	126,112
60-69 years	152,451
50-59 years	158,966
40-49 years	148,167
30-39 years	150,271
20-29 years	148,345
10-19 years	160,016
0-9 years	136,499

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	1,200,268
Foreign citizenship	55,650

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	1,181,483
Immigrant	74,435