List of French communes by surface area explained

This is a list of the largest communes in France in terms of the surface area of their municipalities.

Largest communes in France and overseas departments and territories

	Commune	Department	Surface area (km²)
1
2		Guyane
3		Guyane
4		Guyane
5		Guyane
6		Guyane
7		Guyane
8		Guyane
9		Guyane
10		Guyane
11		Guyane
12		Guyane
13		Guyane
14		Guyane
15
16		Guyane
17		Guyane
18		New Caledonia
19		Guyane
20		New Caledonia
21		New Caledonia
22		New Caledonia	945
23		New Caledonia	905
24		New Caledonia	884
25		New Caledonia	842
26		New Caledonia	825
27			759
28		New Caledonia	738
29		New Caledonia	726
30		New Caledonia	708
31		New Caledonia	691
32		New Caledonia	678
33		New Caledonia	675
34		New Caledonia	670
35		New Caledonia	649
36		Guyane	600
37		New Caledonia	563
38		New Caledonia	529
39		New Caledonia	506
40		New Caledonia	448
41		New Caledonia	406
42		New Caledonia	391
43			388
44		Guyane	378
45		Bouches-du-Rhône	375
46		New Caledonia	346
47		French Polynesia	327
48		New Caledonia	290
49		New Caledonia	258
50			249

Source: Institut géographique national

Largest communes in Metropolitan France

	Commune	Department	Surface area (km²)
1			758,93
2		Bouches-du-Rhône	374,61
3			248,96
4			245,46
5		Bouches-du-Rhône	240,62
6		Isère	237,5
7		Bouches-du-Rhône	214,87
8			214,02
9			205,55
10			202,31
11		Gironde	201,76
12			193,14
13			191,35
14		Gironde	190,5
15		Bouches-du-Rhône	186,08
16			185,02
17			182,79
18			182,31
19			182,17
20		Savoie	180,47
21		Gironde	178,61
22			178,12
23			172,85
24			173,81
25			172,05
26			168,23
27		Corse-du-Sud	169,93
28			167,29
29			163,46
30		Savoie	162,91

• Paris has a surface area of km².

Smallest communes in France

	Commune	Department	Surface area (ha)
1			4
2			8
3			10
4			16
5			20
6			22
7			25
8			25
9			37
10			39

See also

• World's largest cities

References

• List of cities by surface area