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The 50 largest French cities

By Guy Kervella, European Editor

The fact that Paris is the only French city with a population of more than one million inhabitants underlines the continued political economic and cultural dominance of the French capital. While the development of fast transport links such as toll motorways and the TGV super-fast trains have brought cities such as Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse closer to the French capital, they have not led to a significant transfer of power from Paris to the regions.

In a way, during the past 30 years European Union projects have done more to increase the national and international importance of French cities than government initiatives. The location of the European Airbus project in Toulouse has turned the city into the European aviation centre, while the presence of the European parliament - although under threat - has made Strasbourg, after Brussels, Europe's second capital.

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Largest French cities

Rank	City	Population
1	Paris	2,152,000
2	Marseille	808,000
3	Lyon	422,000
4	Toulouse	366,000
5	Nice	346,000
6	Strasbourg	256,000
7	Nantes	252,000
8	Bordeaux	213,000
9	Montpellier	211,000
10	Rennes	204,000
11	Saint-Etienne	202,000
12	Le Havre	197,000
13	Reims	185,000
14	Lille	178,000
15	Toulon	170,000
16	Grenoble	154,000
17	Brest	153,000
18	Dijon	152,000
19	Le Mans	148,000
20	Angers	146,000
21	Clermont-Ferrand	140,000
22	Amiens	136,000
23	Limoges	136,000
24	Nîmes	134,000
25	Tours	133,000
26	Metz	124,000
27	Besançon	119,000
28	Caen	116,000
29	Mulhouse	110,000
30	Orléans	108,000
31	Perpignan	108,000
32	Rouen	105,000
33	Nancy	102,000
34	Roubaix	98,000
35	Avignon	89,000
36	Pau	84,000
37	Poitiers	83,000
38	Calais	76,000
39	La Rochelle	74,000
40	Dunkerque	71,000
41	Saint-Nazaire	66,000
42	Valence	65,000
43	Lorient	62,000
44	Troyes	61,000
45	Chambéry	56,000
46	Annecy	51,000
47	Angoulême	46,000
48	Douai	44,000
49	Bayonne	42,000
50	Thionville	41,000