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Grand Est Map
Every department, city and town in Grand Est on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Printable maps of Grand Est
Free to print for class and home: Grand Est with its cities and towns, a map of its departments, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.
Grand Est map with cities
Grand Est departments map
Key facts
- Capital
- Strasbourg
- Largest city
- Strasbourg (293,771)
- Population
- 5,563,378 (2023)
- Area
- 57,436 km² (22,176 sq mi)
- Departments of Grand Est
- 10
- Most populous department
- Bas-Rhin (1,163,810)
- Largest department by area
- Marne, 8,170 km² (3,154 sq mi)
About Grand Est
Grand Est has 10 departments and about 5,563,378 people (2023) on 57,436 km² (22,176 sq mi). Strasbourg is both the capital and the largest city, with 293,771 people. It borders Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Bas-Rhin is the most populous department (1,163,810 people) and Haute-Marne the least (168,331); Marne is the largest by area (8,170 km²) and Haut-Rhin the smallest (3,526 km²).
Largest cities in Grand Est
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 305 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strasbourg | Bas-Rhin | 293,771 |
| 2 | Reims | Marne | 177,674 |
| 3 | Metz | Moselle | 122,572 |
| 4 | Mulhouse | Haut-Rhin | 104,978 |
| 5 | Nancy | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 103,671 |
| 6 | Colmar | Haut-Rhin | 66,970 |
| 7 | Troyes | Aube | 62,088 |
| 8 | Charleville-Mézières | Ardennes | 45,560 |
| 9 | Châlons-en-Champagne | Marne | 42,971 |
| 10 | Thionville | Moselle | 42,658 |
| 11 | Haguenau | Bas-Rhin | 36,391 |
| 12 | Schiltigheim | Bas-Rhin | 34,708 |
| 13 | Épinal | Vosges | 32,251 |
| 14 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 29,942 |
| 15 | Illkirch-Graffenstaden | Bas-Rhin | 27,872 |
| 16 | Saint-Dizier | Haute-Marne | 22,858 |
| 17 | Saint-Louis | Haut-Rhin | 22,805 |
| 18 | Épernay | Marne | 22,174 |
| 19 | Montigny-lès-Metz | Moselle | 21,718 |
| 20 | Chaumont | Haute-Marne | 20,827 |
| 21 | Lingolsheim | Bas-Rhin | 20,826 |
| 22 | Forbach | Moselle | 20,493 |
| 23 | Sarreguemines | Moselle | 20,143 |
| 24 | Sélestat | Bas-Rhin | 19,589 |
| 25 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | Vosges | 19,251 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026); the 10 departments add up to the region's 5,563,378, as on the France map. Towns are communes at their town halls: every prefecture and sub-prefecture, and every other commune of 3,000 people or more.
Departments of Grand Est
All 10 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Charleville-Mézières | 265,893 | 5,229 | |
| Troyes | 310,447 | 6,003 | |
| Strasbourg | 1,163,810 | 4,754 | |
| Colmar | 770,738 | 3,526 | |
| Chaumont | 168,331 | 6,210 | |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 563,076 | 8,170 | |
| Nancy | 732,236 | 5,245 | |
| Bar-le-Duc | 180,290 | 6,210 | |
| Metz | 1,051,309 | 6,216 | |
| Épinal | 357,248 | 5,872 |
Quizzes and worksheets
Sources
- Departments, regions, prefectures, sub-prefectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways and national roads: IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.
- Rivers, lakes and lagoons: Sandre, BD TOPAGE 2025 (watercourses and water bodies, edition of August 2025).