Fay-de-Bretagne

Fay-de-Bretagne is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Fay-de-Bretagne
Commune
War memorial
Coat of arms
Location of Fay-de-Bretagne
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Coordinates: 47°24′56″N 1°47′25″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
Intercommunality	Erdre et Gesvres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Labarre
Area ^1	64.81 km^2 (25.02 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,618
• Density	56/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44056 /44130
Elevation	18–87 m (59–285 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 3,100 —     1806 2,757 −11.1% 1821 3,203 +16.2% 1831 3,483 +8.7% 1841 3,712 +6.6% 1851 4,312 +16.2% 1861 4,547 +5.4% 1872 3,669 −19.3% 1881 3,552 −3.2% 1891 3,464 −2.5% 1901 3,521 +1.6% 1911 3,255 −7.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,928 −10.0% 1931 2,722 −7.0% 1946 2,249 −17.4% 1954 2,267 +0.8% 1962 2,172 −4.2% 1968 2,109 −2.9% 1975 1,947 −7.7% 1982 2,175 +11.7% 1990 2,388 +9.8% 1999 2,491 +4.3% 2010 3,230 +29.7% 2017 3,618 +12.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.