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| Main cities : |
| 10 500 000 people | | Paris (aggl.) |
| 2 156 000 people | | Paris (capital) |
| 1 600 000 people | | Lyon (or Lyons) (aggl.) |
| 1 350 000 people | | Marseilles (aggl.) |
| 1 110 000 people | | Lille (aggl.) |
| 918 000 people | | Toulouse (aggl.) |
| 882 000 people | | Bordeaux (aggl.) |
| 675 000 people | | Nantes (aggl.) |
| 558 000 people | | Strasbourg (aggl.) |
| 557 000 people | | Nice (aggl.) |
| 505 000 people | | Grenoble (aggl.) |
| 485 000 people | | Rennes (aggl.) |
| 325 000 people | | Orleans (aggl.) |
| 291 000 people | | Le Havre (aggl.) |
| 275 000 people | | Brest (aggl.) |
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| French Regions - Population 2005 |
| 11 362 000 | | Ile-de-France |
| 5 947 000 | | Rhône-Alpes |
| 4 743 000 | | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur |
| 4 032 000 | | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| 3 385 000 | | Pays de la Loire |
| 3 072 000 | | Aquitaine |
| 3 044 000 | | Bretagne |
| 2 731 000 | | Midi-Pyrénées |
| 2 497 000 | | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| 2 490 000 | | Centre |
| 2 334 000 | | Lorraine |
| 1 877 000 | | Picardie |
| 1 806 000 | | Haute-Normandie |
| 1 805 000 | | Alsace |
| 1 687 000 | | Poitou-Charentes |
| 1 626 000 | | Bourgogne |
| 1 445 000 | | Basse-Normandie |
| 1 334 000 | | Champagne-Ardenne |
| 1 330 000 | | Auvergne |
| 1 143 000 | | Franche-Comté |
| 724 000 | | Limousin |
| 275 000 | | Corse |
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| French Departments - Population 2005 |
| 2 580 000 | | Nord |
| 2 156 000 | | Paris |
| 1 909 000 | | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| 1 661 000 | | Rhône |
| 1 501 000 | | Hauts-de-Seine |
| 1 452 000 | | Pas-de-Calais |
| 1 435 300 | | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| 1 402 100 | | Yvelines |
| 1 378 000 | | Gironde |
| 1 280 000 | | Seine-et-Marne |
| 1 263 400 | | Val-de-Marne |
| 1 248 000 | | Seine-Maritime |
| 1 202 000 | | Loire-Atlantique |
| 1 178 000 | | Essonne |
| 1 155 000 | | Isère |
| 1 147 500 | | Haute-Garonne |
| 1 147 000 | | Val-d'Oise |
| 1 071 000 | | Bas-Rhin |
| 1 066 000 | | Alpes-Maritimes |
| 1 034 300 | | Moselle |
| 985 150 | | Hérault |
| 966 000 | | Var |
| 918 000 | | Ile-et-Vilaine |
| 875 000 | | Finistère |
| 780 900 | | Oise |
| 758 800 | | Maine-et-Loire |
| 738 250 | | Loire |
| 734 000 | | Haut-Rhin |
| 723 600 | | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| 688 000 | | Morbihan |
| 682 400 | | Haute-Savoie |
| 674 300 | | Gard |
| 665 000 | | Calvados |
| 638 500 | | Loiret |
| 629 200 | | Pyrénées Atlantiques |
| 621 350 | | Puy-de-Dôme |
| 589 800 | | Charente-Maritime |
| 581 500 | | Vendée |
| 572 000 | | Indre-et-Loire |
| 563 400 | | Côtes-d'Armor |
| 563 100 | | Marne |
| 559 700 | | Somme |
| 558 000 | | Eure |
| 552 000 | | Ain |
| 548 900 | | Saône-et-Loire |
| 547 100 | | Sarthe |
| 536 400 | | Aisne |
| 526 250 | | Vaucluse |
| 517 500 | | Côte-d'Or |
| 511 900 | | Doubs |
| 487 200 | | Manche |
| 461 800 | | Drôme |
| 427 000 | | Pyrénées Orientales |
| 416 200 | | Eure-et-Loire |
| 410 350 | | Vienne |
| 396 300 | | Dordogne |
| 395 750 | | Savoie |
| 383 000 | | Vosges |
| 361 900 | | Tarn |
| 361 800 | | Haute-Vienne |
| 354 300 | | Deux-Sèvres |
| 353 000 | | Landes |
| 346 600 | | Charente |
| 342 200 | | Allier |
| 339 500 | | Yonne |
| 334 000 | | Aude |
| 322 200 | | Loir-et-Cher |
| 315 100 | | Lot-et-Garonne |
| 310 900 | | Cher |
| 301 150 | | Ardèche |
| 295 800 | | Mayenne |
| 293 550 | | Aube |
| 292 860 | | Orne |
| 288 000 | | Ardennes |
| 275 200 | | Aveyron |
| 255 000 | | Jura |
| 237 540 | | Corrèze |
| 235 500 | | Haute-Saône |
| 230 800 | | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| 230 200 | | Indre |
| 221 850 | | Tarn-et-Garonne |
| 220 100 | | Nièvre |
| 219 300 | | Haute-Loire |
| 193 100 | | Meuse |
| 189 300 | | Haute-Marne |
| 180 300 | | Gers |
| 169 300 | | Lot |
| 149 460 | | Haute-Corse |
| 147 150 | | Cantal |
| 146 800 | | Alpes de Haute-Provence |
| 141 700 | | Ariège |
| 140 600 | | Territoire de Belfort |
| 129 000 | | Hautes-Alpes |
| 125 540 | | Corse du Sud |
| 124 700 | | Creuse |
| 76 470 | | Lozère |