Find out which departments of Occitanie have gained the most inhabitants in recent years

It is clear that life is good in Occitanie, which is the region which experienced the greatest demographic increase between 2016 and 2022 in France. By exceeding the threshold of 6 million inhabitants thanks to an increase of + 0.8%, Occitanie is on the verge of becoming the third most populous region, quickly catching up with New Aquitaine. Here are the figures as of January 1, 2022:

• Île-de-France: 12,380,964 inhabitants (+ 0.4%)
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 8,163,884 inhabitants (+ 0.5%)
• New Aquitaine: 6,113,384 inhabitants (+ 0.5%)
• Occitanie: 6,080,731 inhabitants (+ 0.8%)

A great dynamic driven by Haute-Garonne, the French department which gained the most inhabitants over the period 2016-2022 (+ 1.3%) and Hérault which is also on a good run (+ 1.2 %).

At this rate, Toulouse will soon be able to boast of being the third city in France ahead of Lyon. With 511,684 inhabitants (+ 36,246 between 2016 and 2022), the Pink City will soon look down on the “capital of gastronomy” and its 520,774 inhabitants (+ 6,000 between 2016 and 2022). On the other hand, the Lyon metropolitan area remains more populated than the Toulouse metropolitan area.

Figures for each department of Occitanie

In Occitanie, Haute-Garonne and Hérault are spearheading the demographic increase, but several departments show a significant increase. Here are the numbers:

• Haute-Garonne : 1 456 261 habitants (+ 1,3 %)
• Hérault : 1 217 331 habitants (+ 1,2 %)
• Gard : 764 010 habitants (+ 0,5 %)
• Pyrenees-Orientales : 492 964 habitants (+ 0,6 %)
• Tarn : 396 168 habitants (+ 0,4 %)
• hears : 377 773 habitants (+ 0,4 %)
• Aveyron : 279 736 habitants (+ 0,1 %)
• Tarn-et-Garonne : 264 925 habitants (+ 0,5 %)
• Hautes-Pyrénées : 231 453 habitants (+ 0,3 %)
• Gers : 192 649 habitants (+ 0,2 %)
• Lot : 175 620 habitants (+ 0,2 %)
• Ariège : 155 339 habitants (+ 0,2 %)
• Lozere : 76 503 habitants (+ 0 %)

The number of inhabitants in the main cities

Here is the demographic evolution of the main cities of Occitanie between 2016 and 2022:

• Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) : 1 081 726 habitants (+ 1,4 %)
• Montpellier (Hérault) : 480 915 habitants (+ 1,7 %)
• Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) : 207 644 habitants (+ 0,5 %)
• Nîmes (Gard) : 185 681 habitants (+ 0 %)
• Alès (Gard) : 102 464 habitants (+ 1,2 %)
• Béziers (Hérault) : 96 554 habitants (+ 0,9 %)
• Sète (Hérault) : 94 765 habitants (+ 0,7 %)
• Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) : 81 764 habitants (+ 0,6 %)
• Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) : 80 963 habitants (+ 1,0 %)
• Albi (Tarn) : 74 817 habitants (+ 0,4 %)
• Saint-Cyprien (Pyrénées-Orientales) : 64 951 habitants (+ 1,2 %)
• Castres (Tarn) : 58 004 habitants (+ 0,5 %)
• Narbonne (Aude) : 56 692 habitants (+ 0,9)
• Lunel (Hérault) : 53 165 habitants (+ 0,7 %)
• Rodez (Aveyron) : 48 084 habitants (+ 0,3 %)
• Carcassonne (Aude) : 47 387 habitants (+ 0,2 %)

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