Arrondissement of Nantes

Nantes
Arrondissement
Location within the region Pays de la Loire
Location within the region Pays de la Loire
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
No. of communes76
PrefectureNantes
Area
1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
881,045
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE code442

The arrondissement of Nantes is an arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 76 communes.[2] Its population is 830,509 (2016), and its area is 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi).[3]

Composition

As of January 1, 2024, the Arrondissement of Nantes comprises 76 communes, including notable ones like Nantes, Carquefou, Orvault, and Saint-Herblain. The communes of the arrondissement of Nantes, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine (44002)
  2. Basse-Goulaine (44009)
  3. Le Bignon (44014)
  4. La Boissière-du-Doré (44016)
  5. Bouaye (44018)
  6. Bouguenais (44020)
  7. Boussay (44022)
  8. Brains (44024)
  9. Carquefou (44026)
  10. La Chapelle-Heulin (44032)
  11. La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (44035)
  12. Château-Thébaud (44037)
  13. Cheix-en-Retz (44039)
  14. La Chevrolière (44041)
  15. Clisson (44043)
  16. Corcoué-sur-Logne (44156)
  17. Cordemais (44045)
  18. Couëron (44047)
  19. Divatte-sur-Loire (44029)
  20. Geneston (44223)
  21. Gétigné (44063)
  22. Gorges (44064)
  23. La Haie-Fouassière (44070)
  24. Haute-Goulaine (44071)
  25. Indre (44074)
  26. Le Landreau (44079)
  27. Legé (44081)
  28. La Limouzinière (44083)
  29. Le Loroux-Bottereau (44084)
  30. Machecoul-Saint-Même (44087)
  31. Maisdon-sur-Sèvre (44088)
  32. La Marne (44090)
  33. Mauves-sur-Loire (44094)
  34. Monnières (44100)
  35. La Montagne (44101)
  36. Montbert (44102)
  37. Mouzillon (44108)
  38. Nantes (44109)
  39. Orvault (44114)
  40. Le Pallet (44117)
  41. Paulx (44119)
  42. Le Pellerin (44120)
  43. La Planche (44127)
  44. Pont-Saint-Martin (44130)
  45. Port-Saint-Père (44133)
  46. La Regrippière (44140)
  47. La Remaudière (44141)
  48. Remouillé (44142)
  49. Rezé (44143)
  50. Rouans (44145)
  51. Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu (44150)
  52. Saint-Colomban (44155)
  53. Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (44172)
  54. Sainte-Pazanne (44186)
  55. Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte (44157)
  56. Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc (44158)
  57. Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine (44159)
  58. Saint-Herblain (44162)
  59. Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson (44165)
  60. Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau (44166)
  61. Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (44169)
  62. Saint-Léger-les-Vignes (44171)
  63. Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson (44173)
  64. Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais (44174)
  65. Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (44178)
  66. Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (44188)
  67. Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (44190)
  68. Sautron (44194)
  69. Les Sorinières (44198)
  70. Le Temple-de-Bretagne (44203)
  71. Thouaré-sur-Loire (44204)
  72. Touvois (44206)
  73. Vallet (44212)
  74. Vertou (44215)
  75. Vieillevigne (44216)
  76. Vue (44220)

History

The arrondissement of Nantes was created in 1800.[4] In 1926, it absorbed the territory of the dissolved Arrondissement of Ancenis, which was later reestablished in 1943. In January 2017 it lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nantes were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine
  2. Bouaye
  3. Carquefou
  4. La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
  5. Clisson
  6. Legé
  7. Le Loroux-Bottereau
  8. Machecoul
  9. Nantes-1
  10. Nantes-2
  11. Nantes-3
  12. Nantes-4
  13. Nantes-5
  14. Nantes-6
  15. Nantes-7
  16. Nantes-8
  17. Nantes-9
  18. Nantes-10
  19. Nantes-11
  20. Orvault
  21. Le Pellerin
  22. Rezé
  23. Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc
  24. Saint-Herblain-Est
  25. Saint-Herblain-Ouest-Indre
  26. Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
  27. Vallet
  28. Vertou
  29. Vertou-Vignoble

References

  1. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Arrondissement de Nantes (442)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ Historique de la Loire-Atlantique
  5. ^ Décret n° 2016-1959 du 29 décembre 2016 portant suppression des arrondissements de Châteaubriant et d'Ancenis et création de l'arrondissement de Châteaubriant-Ancenis (département de la Loire-Atlantique)
  6. ^ "Populations légales 2012: 44 Loire-Atlantique" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

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