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| Urban Area Rank | City Pop Rank | City | Country | City Population | Urban Area Population |
| 18 | 97 | Paris | France | 2113000 | 11293200 |
| 243 | 338 | Marseille | France | 815100 | 1532400 |
| 216 | 696 | Lyon | France | 444100 | 1665700 |
| 426 | 762 | Toulouse | France | 406200 | 975000 |
| 441 | 951 | Nice | France | 334100 | 943000 |
| 581 | 1157 | Nantes | France | 278800 | 718700 |
| 632 | 1189 | Strasbourg | France | 270500 | 652300 |
| 858 | 1419 | Montpellier | France | 229400 | 464800 |
| 447 | 1509 | Bordeaux | France | 216600 | 935100 |
| 770 | 1559 | Rennes | France | 211000 | 526700 |
| 1780 | 1743 | Le Havre | France | 189700 | 189700 |
| 1818 | 1784 | Reims | France | 185300 | 185300 |
| 203 | 1824 | Lille | France | 181000 | 1727500 |
| 1927 | 1898 | Saint-Etienne | France | 173000 | 173000 |
| 712 | 2031 | Toulon | France | 160700 | 570800 |
| 780 | 2099 | Grenoble | France | 155100 | 520000 |
| 2146 | 2125 | Angers | France | 152800 | 152800 |
| 2171 | 2150 | Brest | France | 151100 | 151100 |
| 2212 | 2193 | Le Mans | France | 148000 | 148000 |
| 2214 | 2195 | Dijon | France | 147900 | 147900 |
| 2368 | 2352 | Clermont-Ferrand | France | 137300 | 137300 |
| 2370 | 2354 | Aix-en-Provence | France | 137100 | 137100 |
| 2393 | 2377 | Amiens | France | 135700 | 135700 |
| 2394 | 2378 | Nimes | France | 135700 | 135700 |
| 2431 | 2416 | Tours | France | 133400 | 133400 |
| 2445 | 2430 | Limoges | France | 132700 | 132700 |
| 2583 | 2567 | Metz | France | 124700 | 124700 |
| 2708 | 2693 | Besancon | France | 118000 | 118000 |
| 2752 | 2737 | Caen | France | 115700 | 115700 |
| 2833 | 2817 | Orléans | France | 112500 | 112500 |
| 2875 | 2859 | Mulhouse | France | 111100 | 111100 |
| 2931 | 2917 | Perpignan | France | 108900 | 108900 |
| 2961 | 2946 | Boulogne-Billancourt | France | 107600 | 107600 |
| 777 | 3008 | Rouen | France | 105500 | 523800 |
| 3077 | 3063 | Nancy | France | 103300 | 103300 |
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