Orvault
Orvao (Gallo)
Orvez (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of Orvault
Coat of arms
Location of Orvault
Orvault is located in France
Orvault
Orvault
Orvault is located in Pays de la Loire
Orvault
Orvault
Coordinates: 47°16′18″N 1°37′21″W / 47.2717°N 1.6225°W / 47.2717; -1.6225
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonSaint-Herblain-2
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Sébastien Guitton[1]
Area
1
27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
27,872
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44114 /44700
Elevation7–74 m (23–243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

Population

Le nombre d'habitants d'Orvault est de 28 607 personnes en 2023, la population d'Orvault est en hausse.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,816—    
1800 1,659−1.28%
1806 1,920+2.47%
1821 1,952+0.11%
1831 1,845−0.56%
1841 2,073+1.17%
1846 2,142+0.66%
1851 2,173+0.29%
1856 2,130−0.40%
1861 2,163+0.31%
1866 2,196+0.30%
1872 2,125−0.55%
1876 2,118−0.08%
1881 1,984−1.30%
1886 2,010+0.26%
1891 1,960−0.50%
1896 1,870−0.94%
1901 1,828−0.45%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,832+0.04%
1911 1,875+0.47%
1921 1,885+0.05%
1926 2,244+3.55%
1931 2,732+4.01%
1936 2,924+1.37%
1946 3,681+2.33%
1954 3,238−1.59%
1962 6,592+9.29%
1968 13,510+12.70%
1975 20,239+5.94%
1982 23,245+2.00%
1990 23,115−0.07%
1999 23,554+0.21%
2007 24,564+0.53%
2012 24,761+0.16%
2017 26,355+1.26%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Orvault, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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