Vertou

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

Vertou
Commune
The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
Coat of arms
Location of Vertou
Vertou
Vertou
Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W
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. 2019)[1]
25,541
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/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.

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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  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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