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) 2022-01-01
Loire-Atlantique		Dept	Nantes	6,874	934,882	995,822	1,052,466	1,134,551	1,246,967	1,366,358	1,473,156	687400	→
Maine-et-Loire		Dept	Angers	7,107	629,466	674,997	705,599	732,657	770,608	809,055	828,151	710700	→
Mayenne		Dept	Laval	5,175	261,789	271,784	278,037	285,338	300,643	307,940	305,437	517500	→
Sarthe		Dept	Le Mans	6,206	490,385	504,768	513,654	529,851	556,946	568,445	566,129	620600	→
Vendée		Dept	La Roche-sur-Yon	6,720	450,641	483,027	509,356	539,664	607,430	666,714	706,343	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	3,879,216	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	65,846,255		→

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

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2022-01-01
1	Nantes	325,070
2	Angers	157,555
3	Le Mans	145,182
4	Saint-Nazaire	73,111
5	La Roche-sur-Yon	54,699
6	Cholet	54,074
7	Saint-Herblain	50,561
8	Laval	49,474
9	Les Sables-d'Olonne	48,740
10	Rezé	43,349

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 2024.

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) 2022-01-01	Area
Angers	137,591	136,038	141,404	151,279	151,108	151,520	157,555	4270	→
Beaupréau-en-Mauges	17,989	19,502	20,066	20,262	21,296	22,965	23,887	23045	→
Bouguenais	11,684	14,043	15,099	15,627	16,698	18,815	20,590	3150	→
Carquefou	6,239	9,664	12,877	15,377	17,956	19,411	20,535	4342
Challans	11,794	12,845	14,203	16,132	18,035	20,133	22,890	6479	→
Chemillé-en-Anjou	15,950	17,098	17,949	18,037	20,272	21,492	21,550	32398	→
Cholet	52,976	55,524	55,132	54,204	54,371	53,800	54,074	8743	→
Couëron	13,273	14,113	16,319	17,805	18,392	20,573	23,541	4408	→
La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	5,858	12,246	14,830	16,391	16,816	19,159	20,483	3342	→
La Roche-sur-Yon	44,713	45,098	45,219	49,262	51,124	53,578	54,699	8750	→
Laval	51,544	50,360	50,473	50,947	50,613	49,848	49,474	3422	→
Le Mans	152,285	147,697	145,502	146,105	144,164	143,325	145,182	5280	→
Les Sables-d'Olonne	30,969	32,436	35,352	38,500	41,262	42,649	48,740	8566	→
Montaigu-Vendée	11,142	12,474	13,736	15,562	17,925	19,942	20,754	11665
Nantes	256,693	240,539	244,995	270,251	283,025	303,382	325,070	6518	→
Orvault	20,239	23,245	23,115	23,554	24,564	25,634	28,341	2768	→
Rezé	35,730	33,562	33,262	35,478	37,846	39,649	43,349	1378	→
Saint-Herblain	39,867	41,958	42,774	43,726	43,516	45,786	50,561	3001	→
Saint-Nazaire	69,251	68,348	64,812	65,874	68,522	69,784	73,111	4679	→
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	17,326	17,825	22,202	25,223	24,724	26,371	28,373	1166	→
Saumur	32,515	32,149	30,131	29,857	28,113	27,486	26,074	6620	→
Sèvremoine	18,224	19,373	20,037	20,603	23,175	25,572	25,764	21307	→
Vertou	13,853	15,631	18,235	20,268	21,199	23,124	26,048	3568	→

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

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2024)
Males	82,737
Females	85,463

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-14 years	25,201
15-64 years	97,295
65+ years	45,704

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	3,039
80-89 years	9,817
70-79 years	20,577
60-69 years	24,608
50-59 years	22,911
40-49 years	18,547
30-39 years	17,723
20-29 years	16,284
10-19 years	18,964
0-9 years	15,730

Citizenship (E 2021)
France	165,659
Foreign citizenship	5,383

Immigration (E 2021)
No immigrant	163,500
Immigrant	7,542