Loireauxence

Loireauxence Ligeraosant (Breton)
Commune
Loire River and Varades
Location of Loireauxence
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Coordinates: 47°23′10″N 1°01′55″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christine Blanchet[1]
Area ^1	118.28 km^2 (45.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	7,517
• Density	64/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44213 /44370
Elevation	7–94 m (23–308 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loireauxence (French pronunciation: [lwaʁoksɑ̃s]; Breton: Ligeraosant) 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 Varades, Belligné, La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur and La Rouxière.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,785	—
1975	5,631	−0.38%
1982	5,653	+0.06%
1990	5,860	+0.45%
1999	6,144	+0.53%
2007	6,920	+1.50%
2012	7,204	+0.81%
2017	7,522	+0.87%
Source: INSEE[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. Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2015 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE