LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
Population

Popular destinations FRANCE

Alsace	Ardeche	Auvergne
Brittany	Burgundy	Cevennes
Corsica	Cote d'azur	Dordogne
Jura	Languedoc-roussillon	Loire valley
Lot	Normandy	Picardy
	Provence

Population

Languedoc-Roussillon has about 2.3 million inhabitants (2024) and has had the strongest population growth in France for several decades. This is mainly due to a number of large waves of immigration from Italy, Spain and North Africa, but many older people from northern parts of France and North-Western Europe also come to enjoy the attractive living conditions in Languedoc-Roussillon. This does mean that the average age of the inhabitants is quite high; 25% of the inhabitants are over sixty.

The population density of Languedoc-Roussillon is about 90 inhabitants per km2. The Lozère is the least densely populated department of France: with approx. 75,000 inhabitants it has an average of only 14 inhabitants per km2.

Approximately three quarters of the population live in an urban or semi-urban zone. African immigrants make up 10% of the population of the coastal areas.

Largest cities in 2024:

Montpellier: 300,000 inhabitants
Nîmes: 150,000 inhabitants
Perpignan: 120,000 inhabitants
Béziers: 75,000 inhabitants
Narbonne: 50,000 inhabitants
Carcassonne: 50,000 inhabitants

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ANWB

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ANWB

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ANWB

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ANWB

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ANWB

Languedoc-Roussillon
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Lannoo

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CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

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