As of January 2019^[update], there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000.^[1] All figures reflect the municipal population (French: population municipale), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune,^[2] excluding population counted apart.^[3] The population of the matching Urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.^[4][5] Communes in the overseas territories are listed in a separate table below.

For the overseas territories the legal populations sources are:

• Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 2019 census^[1]
• Saint-Barthélemy: 2019 census^[1]
• Saint-Martin: 2019 census^[1]
• French Polynesia: 2017 census^[8]
• Wallis and Futuna: 2018 census^[9]
• New Caledonia: 2019 census^[10]

• Urban area (France)
• Urban unit (including a list of "urban units" with more than 200,000 inhabitants)
• Lists of communes of France
• List of cities in Europe by country