Orvault

Orvault (French: [ɔʁvo] (listen); Breton: Orvez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Orvault
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Orvault
Orvault Orvault
Coordinates: 47°16′18″N 1°37′21″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-2
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Sébastien Guitton
Area ^1	27.67 km^2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	26,355
• Density	950/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44114 /44700
Elevation	7–74 m (23–243 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,816 —     1806 1,920 +5.7% 1821 1,952 +1.7% 1831 1,845 −5.5% 1841 2,073 +12.4% 1851 2,173 +4.8% 1861 2,163 −0.5% 1872 2,126 −1.7% 1881 1,984 −6.7% 1891 1,960 −1.2% 1901 1,828 −6.7% 1911 1,875 +2.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,885 +0.5% 1931 2,732 +44.9% 1946 3,681 +34.7% 1954 3,238 −12.0% 1962 6,592 +103.6% 1968 13,510 +104.9% 1975 20,239 +49.8% 1982 23,245 +14.9% 1990 23,115 −0.6% 1999 23,550 +1.9% 2011 24,556 +4.3% 2017 26,355 +7.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

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

External links

• Official website (in French)