Orvault

Orvault Orvao (Gallo) Orvez (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Orvault
Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Sébastien Guitton[1]
Area 1	27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	27,872
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/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 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.[1]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

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