🗼 The French cities farthest from Paris

The French city farthest from Paris is Le Mont-Dore, 16,781 km away as the crow flies, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).

What are the 10 French cities farthest from Paris?
In order: Le Mont-Dore, Nouméa, Dumbéa, Païta, Moorea-Maiao, Paea, Papara, Teva I Uta, Punaauia and Faaa.
What is the top 5 of French cities farthest from Paris?
Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km) and Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km).
Which city is 2nd in the ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?
Nouméa, at 16,748 km, just behind Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km).
Is Le Mont-Dore really the French city farthest from Paris?
Yes, at 16,781 km, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).
In which département is Le Mont-Dore?
Le Mont-Dore is in département 988, in the Nouvelle-Calédonie region.
What is the difference between Le Mont-Dore and Nouméa?
Le Mont-Dore is at 16,781 km, Nouméa at 16,748 km. The table gives the same figure for all 100 places, so any two of them can be compared the same way.
Which city is 10th in the ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?
Faaa, at 15,716 km.
How many French cities does this ranking compare?
1,131, with the top 100 listed in full in the table below.
What are the French cities farthest from Paris in 2026?
This ranking uses the most recent official figures published as of 2026: Le Mont-Dore leads with 16,781 km.
Is there a complete ranking of French cities farthest from Paris?
Yes, the table below: the top 100 of 1,131, each with its département and its region, and the exact method and scope stated underneath it.
Which city in metropolitan France is farthest from Paris?
Once the overseas cities at the head of this ranking are set aside, the farthest are in the far south east and on Corsica, roughly 900 to 1,000 km out.
How is the distance from Paris measured?
As a great-circle distance between commune centres, so it is the straight line a plane would fly, not a road or rail distance. Driving distances are longer, and the order can differ.
What is the distance between Paris and Le Mont-Dore?
16,781 km in a straight line, which makes it the farthest city from Paris in this dataset.

The table below ranks the top 100 of the 1,131 cities in the dataset, each with its département, its region and the figure it is ranked on (distance from Paris), so you can see not just the order but how far apart the places are. The numbers are official public data: INSEE legal populations and the IGN commune registry, with the exact method and the exact scope stated under the table rather than left to be guessed at.

The same data answers neighbouring questions too: see The French cities farthest from the sea and The highest cities in France, or all rankings for the full list. All of it comes from Hexagone, a free daily game that gives you five French cities and one of these statistics and asks you for the order.

Top 100 of 1,131 cities
#CityRegionTo ParisPopulation
1988Le Mont-DoreNouvelle-Calédonie16,781 km25,303
2988NouméaNouvelle-Calédonie16,748 km85,976
3988DumbéaNouvelle-Calédonie16,731 km34,926
4988PaïtaNouvelle-Calédonie16,715 km27,609
5987Moorea-MaiaoPolynésie française15,727 km18,201
6987PaeaPolynésie française15,726 km12,756
7987PaparaPolynésie française15,726 km11,743
8987Teva I UtaPolynésie française15,721 km10,837
9987PunaauiaPolynésie française15,719 km28,781
10987FaaaPolynésie française15,716 km29,826
11987Bora-BoraPolynésie française15,716 km10,758
12987PapeetePolynésie française15,713 km26,654
13987PiraePolynésie française15,713 km14,068
14987Taiarapu-EstPolynésie française15,712 km13,602
15987MahinaPolynésie française15,709 km14,623
16987Hitiaa O Te RaPolynésie française15,708 km10,196
17987AruePolynésie française15,664 km10,322
18974Saint-Joseph (974)La Réunion9,414 km39,207
19974Petite-ÎleLa Réunion9,414 km13,067
20974Saint-PierreLa Réunion9,408 km85,038
21974Le TamponLa Réunion9,404 km82,579
22974Saint-Louis (974)La Réunion9,396 km54,941
23974Saint-BenoîtLa Réunion9,394 km38,604
24974L'Étang-SaléLa Réunion9,393 km14,464
25974Les AvironsLa Réunion9,390 km11,536
26974Bras-PanonLa Réunion9,389 km13,012
27974Saint-LeuLa Réunion9,387 km36,163
28974Saint-AndréLa Réunion9,382 km58,885
29974Sainte-SuzanneLa Réunion9,379 km25,551
30974Sainte-Marie (974)La Réunion9,375 km37,093
31974Saint-PaulLa Réunion9,373 km108,088
32974La PossessionLa Réunion9,373 km36,568
33974Saint-Denis (974)La Réunion9,370 km155,634
34974Le PortLa Réunion9,363 km33,969
35976BandreleMayotte8,055 km10,282
36976DembeniMayotte8,047 km15,848
37976PamandziMayotte8,047 km11,442
38976DzaoudziMayotte8,044 km17,831
39976SadaMayotte8,044 km11,156
40976OuanganiMayotte8,043 km10,203
41976MamoudzouMayotte8,041 km71,437
42976TsingoniMayotte8,037 km13,934
43976KoungouMayotte8,036 km32,156
44976BandrabouaMayotte8,031 km13,989
45973ApatouGuyane7,207 km10,306
46973Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniGuyane7,189 km54,429
47973ManaGuyane7,163 km10,957
48973KourouGuyane7,110 km24,824
49973MatouryGuyane7,089 km36,512
50973MacouriaGuyane7,083 km19,899
51973Remire-MontjolyGuyane7,079 km27,723
52973CayenneGuyane7,077 km62,675
53972SchœlcherMartinique6,854 km19,478
54972Rivière-SaléeMartinique6,854 km11,829
55972Fort-de-FranceMartinique6,852 km75,506
56972Rivière-PiloteMartinique6,852 km11,604
57972DucosMartinique6,851 km18,105
58972Le LamentinMartinique6,849 km39,400
59972Saint-EspritMartinique6,849 km10,322
60972Saint-Joseph (972)Martinique6,847 km16,258
61972Le FrançoisMartinique6,843 km15,778
62972Le RobertMartinique6,839 km21,553
63972Sainte-Marie (972)Martinique6,837 km14,756
64972La Trinité (972)Martinique6,835 km11,454
65971Saint-ClaudeGuadeloupe6,783 km10,177
66971Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe6,776 km17,684
67971Petit-BourgGuadeloupe6,769 km24,665
68971LamentinGuadeloupe6,764 km18,628
69971Sainte-RoseGuadeloupe6,761 km17,700
70971Baie-MahaultGuadeloupe6,758 km30,924
71971Pointe-à-PitreGuadeloupe6,755 km15,040
72971Le GosierGuadeloupe6,751 km27,757
73971Les AbymesGuadeloupe6,750 km51,055
74971Morne-à-l'EauGuadeloupe6,745 km16,228
75971Sainte-AnneGuadeloupe6,743 km23,973
76971Le MouleGuadeloupe6,734 km23,014
77971Saint-FrançoisGuadeloupe6,731 km13,942
78978Saint-MartinSaint-Martin6,715 km31,160
79977Saint-BarthélemySaint-Barthélemy6,714 km10,660
802ABonifacioCorse985 km3,344
812APorto-VecchioCorse972 km11,198
822AProprianoCorse950 km3,996
832AAjaccioCorse916 km76,320
842BCorteCorse899 km7,819
852BBorgoCorse888 km10,311
862BBastiaCorse878 km46,867
872BCalviCorse859 km5,788
882BL'Île-RousseCorse859 km3,231
8983RamatuelleProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur709 km1,888
9066CollioureOccitanie708 km2,756
9183HyèresProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur705 km55,858
9266Argelès-sur-MerOccitanie705 km10,616
9383Saint-TropezProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur705 km3,582
9483CogolinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur702 km12,301
9583Le PradetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur700 km10,933
9683La Londe-les-MauresProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur700 km10,584
9783La Seyne-sur-MerProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur697 km63,732
9883La GardeProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur697 km26,476
9983Six-Fours-les-PlagesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur695 km37,109
10083La CrauProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur695 km19,556

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 11, 2026.

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FAQ

Which French city is farthest from Paris?

The French city farthest from Paris is Le Mont-Dore, 16,781 km away as the crow flies, ahead of Nouméa (16,748 km) and Dumbéa (16,731 km).

What are the top 10?

In order: Le Mont-Dore (16,781 km), Nouméa (16,748 km), Dumbéa (16,731 km), Païta (16,715 km), Moorea-Maiao (15,727 km), Paea (15,726 km), Papara (15,726 km), Teva I Uta (15,721 km), Punaauia (15,719 km), Faaa (15,716 km).

Which is the farthest in metropolitan France?

Overseas France takes the whole top of this ranking, and by a margin nothing else can approach: Nouvelle-Calédonie sits some 16 700 km from Paris, Polynésie a little under that, where no metropolitan city passes 1 100 km. Read past them and Corsica leads the Hexagon, because crossing the Mediterranean adds distance no mainland city matches; past Corsica the lead belongs to the far south-east and the Pyrenean and Mediterranean coasts, the Nice, Perpignan and Bayonne corners.

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