Grenoble and Avignon lose inhabitants, it is Haute-Savoie which gains the most
We are 65,269,154 inhabitants in France. It is the legal population that will be taken into account on 1uh January 2023, based on the figures from the 2020 census published on December 29 by INSEE.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Aura) remains the most populated region after Ile-de-France, with 8,078,652 inhabitants. The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region has 5,098,666.
Between 2014 and 2020, their population increased, respectively by 0.5% and 0.4% per year on average. That is a rate higher than the national level (+ 0.3%).
All our departments have also gained inhabitants. Haute-Savoie has the most significant growth (+ 1.1%) with 52,079 new inhabitants in 6 years. It is followed by Ain (+ 0.8%) which gains 31,729. It is the Hautes-Alpes (+ 0.1%) and Vaucluse (+ 0.2%) which are experiencing a slower increase.
On the other hand, Grenoble, the third most populated city in the Aura region with 158,240 Grenoble residents, has seen its population slightly reduced by an average of 0.3% per year since 2014. The same drop for Avignon, the sixth largest city in Paca which has 90,597 inhabitants.
With 7,390 new inhabitants, Annecy is the prefectural city with the most dynamic growth (+1%). In Gap, the situation is stable from 2014 to 2020, its population has hardly changed. With 8,567 inhabitants including 254 new Privadois, Privas remains the smallest prefecture in France.