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France: Metropolitan Areas Of France

2011/06/12

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	C E 2008-01-01
1	Paris	ILE	2,211,297
2	Marseille	PRO	851,420
3	Lyon	RHO	474,946
4	Toulouse	MID	439,553
5	Nice	PRO	344,875
6	Nantes	PAY	283,288
7	Strasbourg	ALS	272,116
8	Montpellier	LAN	252,998
9	Bordeaux	AQU	235,891
10	Lille	NOR	225,784
11	Rennes	BRE	206,655

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C C 1999-03-08	C E 2006-01-01	C E 2008-01-01
i	Aix-en-Provence	PRO	134,222	142,534	142,743
i	Amiens	PIC	135,501	136,105	134,381
i	Angers	PAY	151,279	152,337	148,405
i	Argenteuil	ILE	93,961	102,683	103,250
i	Besançon {Besancon}	FRA	117,733	117,080	117,599
i	Bordeaux	AQU	215,363	232,260	235,891
i	Boulogne-Billancourt	ILE	106,367	110,251	112,233
i	Brest	BRE	149,634	144,548	142,097
i	Caen	BAS	113,987	110,399	109,899
i	Clermont-Ferrand	AUV	137,140	138,992	139,006
i	Dijon	BOU	149,867	151,504	151,576
i	Grenoble	RHO	153,317	156,107	156,659
i	Le Havre	HAU	190,905	182,580	178,769
i	Le Mans	PAY	146,105	144,016	143,547
i	Lille	NOR	212,597	226,014	225,784
i	Limoges	LIM	133,968	136,539	140,138
i	Lyon	RHO	445,452	472,305	474,946
i	Marseille	PRO	798,430	839,043	851,420
i	Metz	LOR	123,776	124,435	122,838
i	Montpellier	LAN	225,392	251,634	252,998
i	Montreuil	ILE	90,674	101,587	102,176
i	Mulhouse	ALS	110,359	110,514	111,860
i	Nancy	LOR	103,605	105,468	106,361
i	Nantes	PAY	270,251	282,853	283,288
i	Nice	PRO	342,738	347,060	344,875
i	Nîmes {Nimes}	LAN	133,424	144,092	140,267
i	Orléans {Orleans}	CEN	113,126	113,130	113,257
i	Paris	ILE	2,125,246	2,181,371	2,211,297
i	Perpignan	LAN	105,115	115,326	116,676
i	Reims	CHA	187,206	183,837	181,468
i	Rennes	BRE	206,229	209,613	206,655
i	Rouen	HAU	106,592	107,904	109,425
i	Saint-Denis	ILE	85,832	97,875	103,742
i	Saint-Étienne {Saint-Etienne}	RHO	180,210	177,480	172,696
i	Strasbourg	ALS	264,115	272,975	272,116
i	Toulon	PRO	160,639	167,816	166,733
i	Toulouse	MID	390,350	437,715	439,553
i	Tours	CEN	132,820	136,942	135,480
i	Villeurbanne	RHO	124,215	136,473	141,106

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
The 2006 and 2008 population figures were computed from the censuses of different years.

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1982-03-04	C 1990-03-05	C 1999-03-08	E 2006-01-01	E 2008-01-01
i	Alsace	ALS	Reg	Strasbourg	8,280	1,566,048	1,624,372	1,734,145	1,815,493	1,837,087
i	Aquitaine	AQU	Reg	Bordeaux	41,308	2,656,544	2,795,830	2,908,359	3,119,778	3,177,625
i	Auvergne	AUV	Reg	Clermont-Ferrand	26,013	1,332,678	1,321,214	1,308,878	1,335,938	1,341,863
i	Basse-Normandie [Lower Normandy]	BAS	Reg	Caen	17,589	1,350,979	1,391,318	1,422,193	1,456,793	1,467,522
i	Bourgogne [Burgundy]	BOU	Reg	Dijon	31,582	1,596,054	1,609,653	1,610,067	1,628,837	1,638,588
i	Bretagne [Brittany]	BRE	Reg	Rennes	27,208	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,094,534	3,149,701
i	Centre	CEN	Reg	Orléans	39,151	2,264,164	2,371,036	2,440,329	2,519,567	2,531,588
i	Champagne - Ardenne	CHA	Reg	Châlons-en-Champagne	25,606	1,345,935	1,347,848	1,342,363	1,338,850	1,338,004
i	Corse	COR	Reg	Ajaccio	8,680	240,178	250,371	260,196	294,118	302,966
i	Franche-Comté {Franche-Comte}	FRA	Reg	Besançon	16,202	1,084,049	1,097,276	1,117,059	1,150,624	1,163,931
i	Haute-Normandie [Upper Normandy]	HAU	Reg	Rouen	12,317	1,655,362	1,737,247	1,780,192	1,811,055	1,825,667
i	Île-de-France {Ile-de-France}	ILE	Reg	Paris	12,012	10,073,059	10,660,554	10,952,011	11,532,398	11,659,260
i	Languedoc - Roussillon	LAN	Reg	Montpellier	27,376	1,926,514	2,114,985	2,295,648	2,534,144	2,581,718
i	Limousin	LIM	Reg	Limoges	16,942	737,153	722,850	710,939	730,920	740,743
i	Lorraine	LOR	Reg	Metz	23,547	2,319,905	2,305,726	2,310,376	2,335,694	2,346,361
i	Midi - Pyrénées {Midi - Pyrenees}	MID	Reg	Toulouse	45,348	2,325,319	2,430,663	2,551,687	2,776,822	2,838,228
i	Nord - Pas-de-Calais	NOR	Reg	Lille	12,414	3,932,939	3,965,058	3,996,588	4,018,644	4,024,490
i	Pays de la Loire	PAY	Reg	Nantes	32,082	2,930,398	3,059,112	3,222,061	3,450,329	3,510,170
i	Picardie	PIC	Reg	Amiens	19,399	1,740,321	1,810,687	1,857,481	1,894,355	1,906,601
i	Poitou - Charentes	POI	Reg	Poitiers	25,810	1,568,230	1,595,109	1,640,068	1,724,123	1,752,708
i	Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur {Provence - Alpes - Cote dAzur}	PRO	Reg	Marseille	31,400	3,965,209	4,257,907	4,506,151	4,815,232	4,882,913
i	Rhône - Alpes {Rhone - Alpes}	RHO	Reg	Lyon	43,698	5,015,947	5,350,701	5,645,407	6,021,293	6,117,229
	France	FRA		Paris	543,965	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,399,541	62,134,963

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
The 2006 and 2008 population figures were computed from the censuses of different years.

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