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25 most populous departments of France

25 departments, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The departments

  1. 1Nord2.6 M
  2. 2Paris2.1 M
  3. 3Bouches-du-Rhône2.1 M
  4. 4Rhône1.9 M
  5. 5Seine-Saint-Denis1.7 M
  6. 6Gironde1.7 M
  7. 7Hauts-de-Seine1.7 M
  8. 8Loire-Atlantique1.5 M
  9. 9Yvelines1.5 M
  10. 10Haute-Garonne1.5 M
  11. 11Seine-et-Marne1.5 M
  12. 12Pas-de-Calais1.5 M
  13. 13Val-de-Marne1.4 M
  14. 14Essonne1.3 M
  15. 15Isère1.3 M
  16. 16Val-d'Oise1.3 M
  17. 17Seine-Maritime1.3 M
  18. 18Hérault1.2 M
  19. 19Bas-Rhin1.2 M
  20. 20Alpes-Maritimes1.1 M
  21. 21Ille-et-Vilaine1.1 M
  22. 22Var1.1 M
  23. 23Moselle1.1 M
  24. 24Finistère938 k
  25. 25Réunion894 k

Second-level units: the 101 departments, within the 18 regions (the first level), which the region hint names. Population of each region: a 2025 estimate: the latest official figure (a census or an estimate, as each item names it) scaled with the rest of its country’s regions to the World Bank’s 2025 national total, so a country’s regions share one year. Each item names its source and year. Regions without a figure are left out. Sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), World Bank (CC BY 4.0), with the official figures each item names.

On the map

Map of 25 most populous departments of France, 25 departments: each one marked on the globe

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