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.[1] Its population is 830,509 (2016), and its area is 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi).[2]
Nantes | |
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Location within the region Pays de la Loire | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Loire-Atlantique |
No. of communes | 76 |
Prefecture | Nantes |
Area | |
• Total | 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 830,509 |
• Density | 424/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
INSEE code | 442 |
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Nantes, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]
- Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine (44002)
- Basse-Goulaine (44009)
- Le Bignon (44014)
- La Boissière-du-Doré (44016)
- Bouaye (44018)
- Bouguenais (44020)
- Boussay (44022)
- Brains (44024)
- Carquefou (44026)
- La Chapelle-Heulin (44032)
- La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (44035)
- Château-Thébaud (44037)
- Cheix-en-Retz (44039)
- La Chevrolière (44041)
- Clisson (44043)
- Corcoué-sur-Logne (44156)
- Cordemais (44045)
- Couëron (44047)
- Divatte-sur-Loire (44029)
- Geneston (44223)
- Gétigné (44063)
- Gorges (44064)
- La Haie-Fouassière (44070)
- Haute-Goulaine (44071)
- Indre (44074)
- Le Landreau (44079)
- Legé (44081)
- La Limouzinière (44083)
- Le Loroux-Bottereau (44084)
- Machecoul-Saint-Même (44087)
- Maisdon-sur-Sèvre (44088)
- La Marne (44090)
- Mauves-sur-Loire (44094)
- Monnières (44100)
- La Montagne (44101)
- Montbert (44102)
- Mouzillon (44108)
- Nantes (44109)
- Orvault (44114)
- Le Pallet (44117)
- Paulx (44119)
- Le Pellerin (44120)
- La Planche (44127)
- Pont-Saint-Martin (44130)
- Port-Saint-Père (44133)
- La Regrippière (44140)
- La Remaudière (44141)
- Remouillé (44142)
- Rezé (44143)
- Rouans (44145)
- Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu (44150)
- Saint-Colomban (44155)
- Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (44172)
- Sainte-Pazanne (44186)
- Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte (44157)
- Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc (44158)
- Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine (44159)
- Saint-Herblain (44162)
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson (44165)
- Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau (44166)
- Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (44169)
- Saint-Léger-les-Vignes (44171)
- Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson (44173)
- Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais (44174)
- Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (44178)
- Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (44188)
- Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (44190)
- Sautron (44194)
- Les Sorinières (44198)
- Le Temple-de-Bretagne (44203)
- Thouaré-sur-Loire (44204)
- Touvois (44206)
- Vallet (44212)
- Vertou (44215)
- Vieillevigne (44216)
- Vue (44220)
History
The arrondissement of Nantes was created in 1800.[3] In January 2017 it lost four communes to the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis.[4]
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:[5]
- Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine
- Bouaye
- Carquefou
- La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
- Clisson
- Legé
- Le Loroux-Bottereau
- Machecoul
- Nantes-1
- Nantes-2
- Nantes-3
- Nantes-4
- Nantes-5
- Nantes-6
- Nantes-7
- Nantes-8
- Nantes-9
- Nantes-10
- Nantes-11
- Orvault
- Le Pellerin
- Rezé
- Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc
- Saint-Herblain-Est
- Saint-Herblain-Ouest-Indre
- Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
- Vallet
- Vertou
- Vertou-Vignoble
References
- "Arrondissement de Nantes (442)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- Historique de la Loire-Atlantique
- Décret n° 2016-1959 du 29 décembre 2016 portant suppression des arrondissements de Châteaubriant et d'Ancenis et création de l'arrondissement de Châteaubriant-Ancenis (département de la Loire-Atlantique)
- "Populations légales 2012" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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