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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Commune
The church in Saint-Gildas-des-BoisThe church in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
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Location of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
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Coordinates: 47°31′02″N 2°02′14″W / 47.5172°N 2.0372°W / 47.5172; -2.0372
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonPontchâteau
IntercommunalityPays de Pont-Château–Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Legrand
Area33.42 km (12.90 sq mi)
Population3,780
 • Density110/km (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code44161 /44530
Elevation1–74 m (3.3–242.8 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gildas-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒilda de bwa] ; Breton: Gweltaz-Lambrizig) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,258—    
1821 1,233−0.07%
1846 1,572+0.98%
1872 2,311+1.49%
1901 2,731+0.58%
1926 2,243−0.78%
1946 2,385+0.31%
1962 2,659+0.68%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,510−0.96%
1975 2,522+0.07%
1982 2,997+2.50%
1990 3,126+0.53%
1999 3,059−0.24%
2007 3,339+1.10%
2012 3,534+1.14%
2017 3,777+1.34%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

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. INSEE commune file
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department


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