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Best French cities

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0commentsUpdated on 10/17/2026 at 02:00 AM

Marseille1719

The worldwide ranking generated by 466 votes

49 / 49

Marseille1719

Bordeaux1711

Lyon1687

Aix-en-Provence1669

Angers1658

Paris1647

Nice1600

Rennes1598

Metz1593

#10

La Rochelle1584

#11

Nîmes1576

#12

Clermont-Ferrand1575

#13

Strasbourg1570

#14

Cannes1568

#15

Montpellier1564

#16

Toulouse1559

#17

Le Mans1556

#18

Lille1541

#19

Antibes1536

#20

Avignon1535

#21

Poitiers1522

#22

Tours1517

#23

Annecy1503

#24

Grenoble1498

#25

Caen1495

#26

Toulon1489

#27

Reims1479

#28

Pau1476

#29

Quimper1473

#30

Valence1462

#31

Orléans1459

#32

Brest1457

#33

Mulhouse1454

#34

Saint-Étienne1446

#35

Nancy1443

#36

Bourges1442

#37

Dijon1435

#38

Quimper1429

#39

Béziers1417

#40

Cherbourg1412

#41

Troyes1400

#42

Perpignan1392

#43

Amiens1378

#44

Nantes1371

#45

Limoges1365

#46

Le Havre1362

#47

Saint-Nazaire1301

#48

Dunkirk1298

#49

Calais1293

What the community says

Rank the 50 largest French cities by population. Find your favorite among Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and more.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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