About Nîmes
Nîmes is a city in Occitanie, France with a population of 148,236. It is the 27th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 3,831st largest worldwide. It lies 579 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 33
Elevation
57 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
43.837, 4.358
Record updated
2026-03-23
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.