Communes les plus grandes
| Position | Commune | Département | |
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| # 1949 | Méounes-lès-Montrieux | Var | 40,92 km2 |
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| # 1949 | Étampes | Essonne | 40,92 km2 |
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| # 1953 | Châteaudouble | Var | 40,91 km2 |
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| # 1953 | Étalans | Doubs | 40,91 km2 |
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| # 1953 | Sainte-Gemme | Charente-Maritime | 40,91 km2 |
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| # 1956 | Saint-Pierre-des-Landes | Mayenne | 40,9 km2 |
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| # 1957 | Lignières-Orgères | Mayenne | 40,89 km2 |
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| # 1957 | Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo | Haute-Corse | 40,89 km2 |
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| # 1959 | Hénon | Côtes-d'Armor | 40,87 km2 |
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| # 1959 | Civray | Cher | 40,87 km2 |
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| # 1961 | Brech | Morbihan | 40,86 km2 |
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| # 1962 | Puyloubier | Bouches-du-Rhône | 40,85 km2 |
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| # 1963 | Trévol | Allier | 40,84 km2 |
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| # 1963 | Romagne | Vienne | 40,84 km2 |
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| # 1965 | Nexon | Haute-Vienne | 40,79 km2 |
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| # 1965 | Mouliherne | Maine-et-Loire | 40,79 km2 |
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| # 1967 | Vernantes | Maine-et-Loire | 40,77 km2 |
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| # 1967 | Champsevraine | Haute-Marne | 40,77 km2 |
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| # 1969 | Pindères | Lot-et-Garonne | 40,76 km2 |
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| # 1969 | Moulins-Engilbert | Nièvre | 40,76 km2 |
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| # 1969 | Fox-Amphoux | Var | 40,76 km2 |
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| # 1972 | Ercé | Ariège | 40,75 km2 |
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| # 1972 | Vallières-les-Grandes | Loir-et-Cher | 40,75 km2 |
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| # 1972 | Parnoy-en-Bassigny | Haute-Marne | 40,75 km2 |
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| # 1975 | Saint-Avit | Landes | 40,74 km2 |
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| # 1975 | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | Loiret | 40,74 km2 |
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| # 1975 | Igny-Comblizy | Marne | 40,74 km2 |
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| # 1978 | Arfons | Tarn | 40,71 km2 |
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| # 1978 | Les Portes du Coglais | Ille-et-Vilaine | 40,71 km2 |
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| # 1980 | Luzillé | Indre-et-Loire | 40,68 km2 |
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