Demography
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 1,617 | — |
1800 | 1,654 | +2.3% |
1806 | 1,834 | +10.9% |
1821 | 2,136 | +16.5% |
1831 | 2,826 | +32.3% |
1836 | 2,998 | +6.1% |
1841 | 3,677 | +22.6% |
1846 | 4,252 | +15.6% |
1851 | 5,395 | +26.9% |
1856 | 5,339 | −1.0% |
1861 | 5,850 | +9.6% |
1866 | 6,663 | +13.9% |
1872 | 7,474 | +12.2% |
1876 | 9,033 | +20.9% |
1881 | 11,176 | +23.7% |
1886 | 14,715 | +31.7% |
1891 | 17,940 | +21.9% |
1896 | 21,714 | +21.0% |
1901 | 29,220 | +34.6% |
1906 | 33,890 | +16.0% |
1911 | 42,526 | +25.5% |
1921 | 56,110 | +31.9% |
1926 | 63,775 | +13.7% |
1931 | 82,038 | +28.6% |
1936 | 81,322 | −0.9% |
1946 | 82,399 | +1.3% |
1954 | 81,769 | −0.8% |
1962 | 105,416 | +28.9% |
1968 | 119,879 | +13.7% |
1975 | 116,535 | −2.8% |
1982 | 115,960 | −0.5% |
1990 | 116,872 | +0.8% |
1999 | 124,215 | +6.3% |
2006 | 134,500 | +8.3% |
2007 | 138,151 | +2.7% |
From 1962, the number here is the population without double counting Sources : Cassini-LDH of the EHESS and Insee |
In terms of number of inhabitants, the city of Villeurbanne is the second city of the Rhône department, the fourth city of the region Rhône-Alpes, the 27th city of France. It is also the biggest city of France to be only a chef-lieu of a canton and not to be a prefecture.
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