Pays de la Loire (France): Departments, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Pays de la Loire Region according to census results and latest official estimates.

Since 2006, France computes the population size from census results counted in different years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
Loire-Atlantique		Dept	Nantes	6,874	934,882	995,822	1,052,466	1,134,551	1,246,967	1,366,358	1,487,570	687400	→
Maine-et-Loire		Dept	Angers	7,107	629,466	674,997	705,599	732,657	770,608	809,055	833,776	710700	→
Mayenne		Dept	Laval	5,175	261,789	271,784	278,037	285,338	300,643	307,940	305,468	517500	→
Sarthe		Dept	Le Mans	6,206	490,385	504,768	513,654	529,851	556,946	568,445	566,733	620600	→
Vendée		Dept	La Roche-sur-Yon	6,720	450,641	483,027	509,356	539,664	607,430	666,714	713,609	672000	→
Pays de la Loire	PAY	Reg	Nantes	32,082	2,767,163	2,930,398	3,059,112	3,222,061	3,482,594	3,718,512	3,907,156	3208200	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	66,165,815		→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
1	Nantes	327,734
2	Angers	159,022
3	Le Mans	146,249
4	Saint-Nazaire	74,568
5	La Roche-sur-Yon	54,849
6	Cholet	54,404
7	Saint-Herblain	50,973
8	Les Sables-d'Olonne	49,603
9	Laval	49,400
10	Rezé	43,556

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Pays de la Loire Region with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2025.

Name	Population Census (C) 1975-02-20	Population Census (C) 1982-03-04	Population Census (C) 1990-03-05	Population Census (C) 1999-03-08	Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01	Area
Angers	137,591	136,038	141,404	151,279	151,108	151,520	159,022	4271	→
Beaupréau-en-Mauges	17,989	19,502	20,066	20,262	21,296	22,965	23,989	23045	→
Bouguenais	11,684	14,043	15,099	15,627	16,698	18,815	20,530	3150	→
Carquefou	6,239	9,664	12,877	15,377	17,956	19,411	20,921	4342
Challans	11,794	12,845	14,203	16,132	18,035	20,133	22,943	6484	→
Chemillé-en-Anjou	15,950	17,098	17,949	18,037	20,272	21,492	21,999	32398	→
Cholet	52,976	55,524	55,132	54,204	54,371	53,800	54,404	8747	→
Couëron	13,273	14,113	16,319	17,805	18,392	20,573	24,103	4403	→
La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	5,858	12,246	14,830	16,391	16,816	19,159	20,690	3342	→
La Roche-sur-Yon	44,713	45,098	45,219	49,262	51,124	53,578	54,849	8752	→
Laval	51,544	50,360	50,473	50,947	50,613	49,848	49,400	3422	→
Le Mans	152,285	147,697	145,502	146,105	144,164	143,325	146,249	5281	→
Les Sables-d'Olonne	30,969	32,436	35,352	38,500	41,262	42,649	49,603	8566	→
Montaigu-Vendée	11,142	12,474	13,736	15,562	17,925	19,942	21,134	11665
Nantes	256,693	240,539	244,995	270,251	283,025	303,382	327,734	6519	→
Orvault	20,239	23,245	23,115	23,554	24,564	25,634	28,534	2767	→
Rezé	35,730	33,562	33,262	35,478	37,846	39,649	43,556	1378	→
Saint-Herblain	39,867	41,958	42,774	43,726	43,516	45,786	50,973	3002	→
Saint-Nazaire	69,251	68,348	64,812	65,874	68,522	69,784	74,568	4679	→
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	17,326	17,825	22,202	25,223	24,724	26,371	28,596	1166	→
Saumur	32,515	32,149	30,131	29,857	28,113	27,486	26,241	6625	→
Sèvremoine	18,224	19,373	20,037	20,603	23,175	25,572	25,797	21307	→
Vertou	13,853	15,631	18,235	20,268	21,199	23,124	26,227	3568	→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	82,478
Females	84,569

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	24,733
15-64 years	96,095
65+ years	46,219

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	3,153
80-89 years	9,766
70-79 years	21,341
60-69 years	24,081
50-59 years	22,136
40-49 years	18,313
30-39 years	17,918
20-29 years	16,528
10-19 years	18,439
0-9 years	15,372

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	164,279
Foreign Citizenship	5,586

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	162,109
Immigrant	7,756