Saint-Père-en-Retz
Saint-Père-en-Retz | |
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 The menhir of Riverais | |
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Location of Saint-Père-en-Retz  | |
  Saint-Père-en-Retz  Saint-Père-en-Retz | |
| Coordinates: 47°12′28″N 2°02′37″W / 47.2078°N 2.0436°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins |
| Intercommunality | Sud-Estuaire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Audelin[1] |
| Area 1 | 62.72 km2 (24.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,620 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44187 /44320 |
| Elevation | 0–62 m (0–203 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Père-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɛʁ ɑ̃ ʁɛ] , literally Saint-Père in Retz; Breton: Sant-Pêr-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.[3] As of 2020 it has a population of 4,594.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,682 | — |
| 1975 | 2,627 | −0.30% |
| 1982 | 2,917 | +1.51% |
| 1990 | 3,250 | +1.36% |
| 1999 | 3,454 | +0.68% |
| 2007 | 3,933 | +1.64% |
| 2012 | 4,197 | +1.31% |
| 2017 | 4,564 | +1.69% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
[edit]- Francis Aupiais(1877-1945), missionary and ethnographer in Africa[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Francis Aupiais". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Dacb.org. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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