Villeneuve-en-Retz

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Villeneuve-en-Retz
Kerveneg-Raez (Breton)
Commune
The church of Saint-Cyr-en-Retz
The church of Saint-Cyr-en-Retz
Location of Villeneuve-en-Retz
Map
(2020–2026)
Jean-Bernard Ferrer[1]
Area
1
73.68 km2 (28.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,003
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44021 /44580
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [vilnœv ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ⓘ; Breton: Kernevez-Raez) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bourgneuf-en-Retz and Fresnay-en-Retz.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,941—    
1975 2,920−0.10%
1982 3,160+1.13%
1990 3,194+0.13%
1999 3,258+0.22%
2007 4,280+3.47%
2012 4,753+2.12%
2017 4,929+0.73%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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