In 2019, municipalities or inter-municipalities with populations exceeding 100,000 employed an average of municipal police officers per police unit. Cities with populations between 20,000 and 99,999 had an average of **** municipal police officers per police unit, compared to *** for cities with populations less than 2,000. In 2023, the French municipality with the highest number of municipal police officers, excluding Paris, was Marseille, located in the Alpes-Maritimes department (***).
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Insee. (December 9, 2021). Average number of municipal police officers per police unit in France in 2019, according to the size of the municipality or inter-municipality [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 06, 2026, from /statistics/1368116/number-municipal-police-officers-police-unit-france/
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