Carquefou

Carquefou (French: [kaʁkəfu] (listen); Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France.

Carquefou
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Carquefou
Carquefou
Carquefou
Coordinates: 47°17′51″N 1°29′29″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonCarquefou
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Véronique Dubettier-Grenier
Area
1
43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
19,805
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44026 /44470
Elevation1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17932,273—    
18062,156−5.1%
18212,379+10.3%
18312,626+10.4%
18412,690+2.4%
18512,899+7.8%
18612,810−3.1%
18722,799−0.4%
18812,932+4.8%
18912,902−1.0%
19012,670−8.0%
19112,609−2.3%
YearPop.±%
19212,586−0.9%
19312,472−4.4%
19463,026+22.4%
19543,169+4.7%
19623,287+3.7%
19683,744+13.9%
19756,239+66.6%
19829,664+54.9%
199012,877+33.2%
199915,369+19.4%
201118,022+17.3%
201719,805+9.9%

Sport

In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town in the national headlines.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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