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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Pontchâteau
Commune
Town hallTown hall
Coat of arms of PontchâteauCoat of arms
Location of Pontchâteau
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Coordinates: 47°25′48″N 2°04′59″W / 47.43°N 2.083°W / 47.43; -2.083
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonPontchâteau
IntercommunalityPays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Danielle Cornet
Area55.79 km (21.54 sq mi)
Population11,075
 • Density200/km (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code44129 /44160
Elevation0–52 m (0–171 ft)
(avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontchâteau (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʃato] ; Breton: Pontkastell-Keren) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,703—    
1800 2,572−0.71%
1806 2,678+0.68%
1821 3,100+0.98%
1831 3,300+0.63%
1841 3,516+0.64%
1846 3,558+0.24%
1851 3,667+0.61%
1856 3,709+0.23%
1861 4,449+3.71%
1866 4,158−1.34%
1872 4,200+0.17%
1876 4,368+0.99%
1881 4,481+0.51%
1886 4,656+0.77%
1891 4,632−0.10%
1896 4,814+0.77%
1901 4,892+0.32%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 5,004+0.45%
1911 4,883−0.49%
1921 4,675−0.43%
1926 4,613−0.27%
1931 4,606−0.03%
1936 4,518−0.39%
1946 5,188+1.39%
1954 5,200+0.03%
1962 5,334+0.32%
1968 5,835+1.51%
1975 6,394+1.32%
1982 7,220+1.75%
1990 7,549+0.56%
1999 7,773+0.33%
2007 9,140+2.05%
2012 9,982+1.78%
2017 10,684+1.37%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Communications

Pontchâteau is located at a major crossroads, at the junction of the RN 165, the Nantes-Vannes-Brest expressway, and the D 773, the Saint-Nazaire-Redon road.

Pontchâteau also lies on the Savenay–Landerneau railway line, and is served by a station.

Personalities

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pontchâteau, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department


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