🇫🇷 Cities in France — API & JSON data

France has 8,477 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Paris in Île-de-France, at 2,145,906 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 44 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search France cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Paris	Île-de-France	2,145,906
Metropolis of Lyon	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	1,433,613
Marseille	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	877,215
Lyon	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	520,774
Toulouse	Occitania	511,684
Nice	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	353,701
Nantes	Pays de la Loire	325,070
Montpellier	Occitania	307,101
Strasbourg	Grand Est	291,709
Bordeaux	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	265,328

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=fr&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "760072d5-2e38-4037-a98d-13cb9d4dc5bd",
    "name": "Paris",
    "population": 2145906,
    "countryName": "France",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇫🇷",
    "regionName": "Île-de-France"
  },
  {
    "id": "250c398d-2c20-4eff-8b27-241ae5493fd4",
    "name": "Metropolis of Lyon",
    "population": 1433613,
    "countryName": "France",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇫🇷",
    "regionName": "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes"
  },
  {
    "id": "32638384-a14b-42b1-8edc-ed7332a9d7c5",
    "name": "Marseille",
    "population": 877215,
    "countryName": "France",
    "countryCode": "FR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇫🇷",
    "regionName": "Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=fr&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=fr&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in France are available in 44 languages.

en: Paris
zh: 巴黎
ar: باريس

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 459 France cities as JSON (70 KB, no API key) from the France cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in France does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 8,477 cities in France across 41 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get France city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in France are available in 44 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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