Vertou

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Vertou
Commune
The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
Coat of arms of Vertou
Coat of arms
Location of Vertou
Vertou is located in France
Vertou
Vertou
Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W / 47.1689°N 1.4697°W / 47.1689; -1.4697Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W / 47.1689°N 1.4697°W / 47.1689; -1.4697
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonVertou
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rodolphe Amailland
Area
1
35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
25,045
 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44215 /44120
Elevation1–56 m (3.3–183.7 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vertou (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtu] (About this soundlisten); Breton: Gwerzhav) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.

Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 5,200—    
1800 3,260−6.45%
1806 4,461+5.37%
1821 5,773+1.73%
1831 5,686−0.15%
1841 5,635−0.09%
1846 5,635+0.00%
1851 5,949+1.09%
1856 6,015+0.22%
1861 6,313+0.97%
1866 5,706−2.00%
1872 5,588−0.35%
1876 5,471−0.53%
1881 5,376−0.35%
1886 5,455+0.29%
1891 5,602+0.53%
1896 5,321−1.02%
1901 5,388+0.25%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 5,464+0.28%
1911 5,490+0.09%
1921 5,716+0.40%
1926 6,142+1.45%
1931 6,330+0.60%
1936 6,877+1.67%
1946 7,985+1.51%
1954 9,223+1.82%
1962 11,100+2.34%
1968 12,089+1.43%
1975 13,853+1.96%
1982 15,631+1.74%
1990 18,235+1.94%
1999 20,268+1.18%
2007 21,199+0.56%
2012 22,307+1.02%
2017 24,219+1.66%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vertou is twinned with:[4]

See also[]

  • Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vertou, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ "Relations internationales". vertou.fr (in French). Vertou. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

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