Foreign Nationals Living in French Departments

The capital city Paris has the largest number of foreign nationals, with 330,000 who have decided to settle there, accounting for 4% of the total population.

Although the neighbouring department of Saint-Seine-Denis has a slightly lower total number of foreign nationals the department has the largest share (20.9%) as a percentage of its total population. It is followed by Paris (14.95%) and Val-de-Marne (12.8%).

When (non-French) European nationals only are considered then the Gers (82%) in the Midi-Pyrenees region has the highest proportion of Europeans as a percentage of total foreign nationals resident in a department. It is closely followed by the Lot (80.2%), Dordogne (77.3%) and Landes (76.3%).

The figures come from the French national statistical agency, INSEE. They complement the analysis by region, on which we reported in an earlier Newsletter, as well as an analysis of where the British live in France, links to which you can find at the bottom of this page.

	Foreign Nationals	Share of population (%)	European Nationals (%)
Ain	45,109	7.8	41.8
Aisne	13,447	2.5	41.1
Allier	9,394	2.7	55.7
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	6,388	4.0	54.3
Hautes-Alpes	4,192	3.1	56.0
Alpes-Maritimes	100,388	9.3	46.2
Ardèche	9,343	3.0	47.6
Ardennes	11,382	4.0	46.5
Ariège	6,864	4.6	62.6
Aube	14,327	4.8	30.9
Aude	18,801	5.4	59.5
Aveyron	7,447	2.7	62.9
Bouches-du-Rhône	110,857	5.6	21.7
Calvados	12,898	1.9	39.7
Cantal	1,618	1.1	50.4
Charente	12,583	3.6	73.1
Charente-Maritime	11,990	2.0	63.9
Cher	9,759	3.1	47.9
Corrèze	8,201	3.4	55.4
Corse-du-Sud	10,896	7.7	46.5
Haute-Corse	13,852	8.5	38.3
Côte d'Or	19,879	3.8	40.7
Côtes d'Armor	11,639	2.0	72.5
Creuse	3,968	3.2	76.4
Dordogne	18,597	4.5	77.3
Doubs	26,383	5.0	22.8
Drôme	20,472	4.3	32.6
Eure	16,496	2.9	31.1
Eure-et-Loir	16,870	4.0	34.7
Finistère	13,106	1.5	49.8
Gard	36,804	5.3	33.9
Haute-Garonne	64,197	5.3	39.4
Gers	7,888	4.3	82.0
Gironde	57,509	4.0	43.3
Hérault	60,271	5.9	34.9
Ille-et-Villaine	20,224	2.1	30.7
Indre	5,191	2.2	53.1
Indre-et-Loire	18,216	3.1	41.4
Isère	68,282	5.7	41.9
Jura	10,990	4.2	32.6
Landes	9,571	2.6	76.3
Loir-et-Cher	14,207	4.3	35.9
Loire	39,156	5.3	27.9
Haute-Loire	5,004	2.3	44.0
Loire-Atlantique	26,895	2.1	29.7
Loiret	38,373	5.9	34.7
Lot	7,711	4.5	80.5
Lot-et-Garonne	17,314	5.3	60.7
Lozère	2,598	3.4	73.9
Maine-et-Loire	15,602	2.0	33.5
Manche	7,048	1.4	70.7
Marne	19,769	3.5	33.6
Haute-Marne	4,333	2.3	37.1
Mayenne	5,959	2.0	53.7
Meurthe-et-Moselle	35,599	4.9	41.0
Meuse	5,737	3.0	60.2
Morbihan	12,287	1.7	56.1
Moselle	68,031	6.5	55.5
Nièvre	6,335	2.9	49.0
Nord	106,525	4.2	33.7
Oise	39,398	4.9	34.7
Orne	7,486	2.6	46.3
Pas-de-Calais	20,976	1.4	35.8
Puy-de-Dôme	27,628	4.4	51.9
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	26,144	4.0	71.6
Hautes-Pyrénées	7,110	3.1	70.1
Pyrénées-Orientales	24,864	5.6	59.6
Bas-Rhin	78,393	7.2	38.5
Haut-Rhin	61,088	8.2	36.0
Rhône	125,990	7.5	27.1
Haute-Saône	7,269	3.0	32.8
Saône-et-Loire	23,581	4.3	47.9
Sarthe	10,452	1.9	29.7
Savoie	19,743	4.8	49.7
Haute-Savoie	58,741	8.2	36.2
Paris	329,922	14.9	29.6
Seine-Maritime	34,164	2.7	23.2
Yvelines	123,320	8.8	42.1
Deux-Sèvres	8,581	2.4	74.2
Somme	9,643	1.7	32.0
Tarn	13,188	3.5	54.6
Tarn-et-Garonne	12,226	5.2	50.3
Var	47,308	4.7	41.9
Vaucluse	38,214	7.1	28.1
Vendée	6,656	1.1	65.3
Vienne	13,378	3.2	41.8
Haute-Vienne	17,939	4.8	43.2
Vosges	10,951	2.9	43.8
Yonne	13,425	3.9	41.7
Territoire de Belfort	7,549	5.3	19.9
Essonne	107,343	8.9	35.4
Hauts-de-Seine	176,905	11.4	28.8
Seine-Saint-Denis	314,684	20.9	17.7
Val-de-Marne	167,907	12.8	31.3
Val d'Oise	128,350	11.0	26.7
Regions	2,156,857	4.3	40.7
Metropolitan France	3,603,415	5.8	36.0