This statistic shows the ten largest cities in France as of 2021. In 2021, around 2.13 million people lived in Paris, making it the largest city in France.

Paris was in 2020 the most populated city in France with over two million inhabitants. Marseille was the second most important city in terms of inhabitants and Lyon, the third. With 236,234 inhabitants, Lille was the tenth most populated city in France.

This statistic shows the variation of property prices in the ten largest cities in France between 2016 and 2019. In May 2019, real estate prices had increased by one percent in the city of Nantes and by 1.3 percent in Lyon.

As of mid-2023, Paris recorded a public electric vehicle charging infrastructure index score of 63 percent, indicative of how high the city's ratio of public chargers per 1,000 inhabitants was. The capital was the only French city to record an index score above 50 percent. Strasbourg, which was second in the ranking, had a score of 44 percent.

This statistic shows the number of emergency services in the ten largest cities in France in 2015. That year, there were 16 emergency services in Paris, compared to respectively seven in Lille and Marseilles.

This statistic shows the gross rental profitability of the 30 largest cities in France in 2019. At that time, Boulogne-Billancourt and Bordeaux were the French cities where the gross rental profitability was the lowest. In contrast, Limoges and Le Mans were the French cities with the highest gross rental profitability.

This statistic shows the number of pharmacies in the ten largest cities in France in 2018. That year, there were 1,161 pharmacies in Paris.

Strasbourg was the most bike-friendly city in France according to its residents. The Alsatian capital was rated 4.02 out of 6. According to the organizers of the survey, the threshold for a positive response was set at 3.5 out of 6. Only two cities of 200,000 inhabitants thus obtained a positive score, Strasbourg and Nantes. Marseille was, in 2019, the least favorable city for bicycle use in a large French city.

This statistic shows the number of maternity hospitals in the ten largest cities in France in 2019. That year, there were 16 maternity hospitals in Paris, compared to 5 in Marseille, the second largest city in France. The other top ten big cities in France have generally 2-3 maternity hospitals.

It is estimated that the largest cities in Western Europe in 1330 were Paris and Granada. At this time, Paris was the seat of power in northern France, while Granada had become the largest multicultural city in southern Spain, controlled by the Muslim, Nasrid Kingdom during Spain's Reconquista period. The next three largest cities were Venice, Genoa and Milan, all in northern Italy, renowned as important trading cities during the middle ages. In October 1347, the first wave of the Black Death had arrived in Sicily and then began spreading throughout Europe, decimating the population.

By 1800, London had grown to be the largest city in Western Europe with just under one million inhabitants. Paris was now the second largest city, with over half a million people, and Naples was the third largest city with 450 thousand people. The only other cities with over two hundred thousand inhabitants at this time were Vienna, Amsterdam and Dublin. Another noticeable development is the inclusion of many more northern cities from a wider variety of countries. The dominance of cities from France and Mediterranean countries was no longer the case, and the dispersal of European populations in 1800 was much closer to how it is today, more than two centuries later.

In 2019, Rennes, the prefecture of the Bretagne region, was also the largest city in the region in terms of population. It was indeed home to 220,488 inhabitants that year. The second most populous city in Bretagne was Brest, with nearly 140,000 inhabitants, followed by Quimper (63,283 inhabitants), and Lorient (57,246 inhabitants). In 2022, 3.4 million people where living in Bretagne.

The fast-food industry tends to be particularly present in large French cities. Paris had the highest density of fast-food restaurants in France in 2021. In fact, 336 restaurants of leading fast-food chains were in operation in the French capital that year. The largest fast-food chain in the city was McDonald's in the same year.

Mcdonald's, the undisputed market leader in France

If Burger King made its return a few years ago on the French market and increasingly competes with McDonald's, the American giant of the fast-food remained unchallenged in 2020. Indeed, the brand generated the best revenue in the fast-food service industry and had the best coverage on the French territory.

Eating at fast-food restaurants in France

According to a survey conducted in 2019, if a majority of French people stated they enjoy eating at fast-food restaurants, most of them rarely go there. These consumers also affirmed going to those restaurants mainly because they would be quickly served. Furthermore, such establishments appeal to parents with young children under 18 years old and young people since a very large majority of 18-24-year-oldsfrequented fast-food establishments in 2019.

The French capital city of Paris concentrated around 430 ophthalmologists in 2016, making it the city in France concentrating the highest number of these medical specialists. Furthermore, Marseille, in the south of France, had around 140 ophthalmologists during that year.

This statistic shows the number of laboratories for medical analysis and biology in the ten largest cities in France in 2015. That year, there were nearly 170 laboratories for medical analysis and biology in Paris.

This statistic presents the number of people who died on the roads in the ten big cities of France in 2018. Thus, that year, more than 100 people died in a road accident in both of the Parisian areas.

In 1500, the largest city was Paris, with an estimated 225 thousand inhabitants, almost double the population of the second-largest city, Naples. As in 1330, Venice and Milan remain the third and fourth largest cities in Western Europe, however Genoa's population almost halved from 1330 until 1500, as it was struck heavily by the bubonic plague in the mid-1300s. In lists prior to this, the largest cities were generally in Spain and Italy, however, as time progressed, the largest populations could be found more often in Italy and France. The year 1500 is around the beginning of what we now consider modern history, a time that saw the birth of many European empires and inter-continental globalization.

Based on figures from the Ministry of the Interior, there were 27,131 municipal police officers in France in 2022. The French municipality with the highest number was Paris, France's capital city, followed by Marseille, located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, and France's second-largest city, and by Nice. These cities are located in the two departments with the largest number of municipal police officers.

This statistic shows the number of psychiatrists in the ten largest cities in France in 2018. That year, there were more than 1,300 psychiatrists in Paris.

This statistic shows the number of radiologists in the ten largest cities in France in 2017. That year, there were more than 500 radiologists in Paris.