Carquefou

Carquefou (French pronunciation: [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
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
20,365
 • Density470/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 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.


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