Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
Commune
Château de Chassay
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 47°15′01″N 1°29′08″W / 47.2503°N 1.4856°W / 47.2503; -1.4856
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anthony Descloziers[1]
Area ^1	11.45 km^2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	16,227
• Density	1,417/km^2 (3,671/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44172 /44980
Elevation	2–36 m (6.6–118.1 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t lys syʁ lwaʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Saint Lucy on Loire; Breton: Santez-Lusenn-ar-Liger) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. This commune is one of 24 communes that make up the intercommunality of Nantes Metropolis.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 890 —     1800 908 +0.29% 1806 909 +0.02% 1821 981 +0.51% 1831 957 −0.25% 1841 1,027 +0.71% 1846 1,024 −0.06% 1851 939 −1.72% 1856 1,045 +2.16% 1861 1,087 +0.79% 1866 1,110 +0.42% 1872 1,045 −1.00% 1876 1,119 +1.73% 1881 1,133 +0.25% 1886 1,122 −0.19% 1891 1,133 +0.20% 1896 1,144 +0.19% 1901 1,148 +0.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,193 +0.77% 1911 1,112 −1.40% 1921 1,105 −0.06% 1926 1,116 +0.20% 1931 1,220 +1.80% 1936 1,278 +0.93% 1946 1,417 +1.04% 1954 1,961 +4.15% 1962 2,929 +5.14% 1968 3,420 +2.62% 1975 5,939 +8.20% 1982 8,399 +5.08% 1990 9,648 +1.75% 1999 11,261 +1.73% 2006 11,776 +0.64% 2011 12,699 +1.52% 2016 15,247 +3.72% 2021 15,527 +0.36%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2021)[5]

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 de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE