Couffé

Couffé Cófaé (Gallo) Koufeg (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Couffé
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Coordinates: 47°23′31″N 1°17′29″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
Intercommunality	Pays d'Ancenis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Pageau[1]
Area ^1	39.97 km^2 (15.43 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,535
• Density	63/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44048 /44521
Elevation	7–73 m (23–240 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Couffé (French pronunciation: [kufe] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Cófaé, Breton: Koufeg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,503 —     1821 1,681 +0.40% 1846 1,874 +0.44% 1872 2,008 +0.27% 1901 1,942 −0.12% 1926 1,549 −0.90% 1946 1,246 −1.08% 1962 1,267 +0.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,318 +0.66% 1975 1,262 −0.62% 1982 1,469 +2.19% 1990 1,805 +2.61% 1999 1,790 −0.09% 2007 2,188 +2.54% 2012 2,330 +1.27% 2017 2,563 +1.92%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Couffé, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE