Arrondissement of Nantes

The arrondissement of Nantes is an arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 76 communes.[2] Its population is 830,509 (2016), and its area is 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi).[3]

Nantes
Location within the region Pays de la Loire
Location within the region Pays de la Loire
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
No. of communes76
PrefectureNantes
Area
1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
881,045
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE code442

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Nantes, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine (44002)
  2. Basse-Goulaine (44009)
  3. Le Bignon (44014)
  4. La Boissière-du-Doré (44016)
  5. Bouaye (44018)
  6. Bouguenais (44020)
  7. Boussay (44022)
  8. Brains (44024)
  9. Carquefou (44026)
  10. La Chapelle-Heulin (44032)
  11. La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (44035)
  12. Château-Thébaud (44037)
  13. Cheix-en-Retz (44039)
  14. La Chevrolière (44041)
  15. Clisson (44043)
  16. Corcoué-sur-Logne (44156)
  17. Cordemais (44045)
  18. Couëron (44047)
  19. Divatte-sur-Loire (44029)
  20. Geneston (44223)
  21. Gétigné (44063)
  22. Gorges (44064)
  23. La Haie-Fouassière (44070)
  24. Haute-Goulaine (44071)
  25. Indre (44074)
  26. Le Landreau (44079)
  27. Legé (44081)
  28. La Limouzinière (44083)
  29. Le Loroux-Bottereau (44084)
  30. Machecoul-Saint-Même (44087)
  31. Maisdon-sur-Sèvre (44088)
  32. La Marne (44090)
  33. Mauves-sur-Loire (44094)
  34. Monnières (44100)
  35. La Montagne (44101)
  36. Montbert (44102)
  37. Mouzillon (44108)
  38. Nantes (44109)
  39. Orvault (44114)
  40. Le Pallet (44117)
  41. Paulx (44119)
  42. Le Pellerin (44120)
  43. La Planche (44127)
  44. Pont-Saint-Martin (44130)
  45. Port-Saint-Père (44133)
  46. La Regrippière (44140)
  47. La Remaudière (44141)
  48. Remouillé (44142)
  49. Rezé (44143)
  50. Rouans (44145)
  51. Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu (44150)
  52. Saint-Colomban (44155)
  53. Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (44172)
  54. Sainte-Pazanne (44186)
  55. Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte (44157)
  56. Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc (44158)
  57. Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine (44159)
  58. Saint-Herblain (44162)
  59. Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson (44165)
  60. Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau (44166)
  61. Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (44169)
  62. Saint-Léger-les-Vignes (44171)
  63. Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson (44173)
  64. Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais (44174)
  65. Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (44178)
  66. Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (44188)
  67. Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (44190)
  68. Sautron (44194)
  69. Les Sorinières (44198)
  70. Le Temple-de-Bretagne (44203)
  71. Thouaré-sur-Loire (44204)
  72. Touvois (44206)
  73. Vallet (44212)
  74. Vertou (44215)
  75. Vieillevigne (44216)
  76. Vue (44220)

History

The arrondissement of Nantes was created in 1800.[4] In January 2017 it lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nantes were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine
  2. Bouaye
  3. Carquefou
  4. La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
  5. Clisson
  6. Legé
  7. Le Loroux-Bottereau
  8. Machecoul
  9. Nantes-1
  10. Nantes-2
  11. Nantes-3
  12. Nantes-4
  13. Nantes-5
  14. Nantes-6
  15. Nantes-7
  16. Nantes-8
  17. Nantes-9
  18. Nantes-10
  19. Nantes-11
  20. Orvault
  21. Le Pellerin
  22. Rezé
  23. Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc
  24. Saint-Herblain-Est
  25. Saint-Herblain-Ouest-Indre
  26. Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
  27. Vallet
  28. Vertou
  29. Vertou-Vignoble

References

47°13′N 1°34′W / 47.217°N 1.567°W / 47.217; -1.567