Saint-Père-en-Retz

Saint-Père-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɛʁ ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ^ⓘ, literally Saint-Père in Retz; Breton: Sant-Pêr-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3] As of 2020 it has a population of 4,594.

Saint-Père-en-Retz
Commune
The menhir of Riverais
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Père-en-Retz
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Coordinates: 47°12′28″N 2°02′37″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Sud-Estuaire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Audelin[1]
Area 1	62.72 km2 (24.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,620
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44187 /44320
Elevation	0–62 m (0–203 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,682	—
1975	2,627	−0.30%
1982	2,917	+1.51%
1990	3,250	+1.36%
1999	3,454	+0.68%
2007	3,933	+1.64%
2012	4,197	+1.31%
2017	4,564	+1.69%
Source: INSEE[4]

Notable people

• Francis Aupiais(1877-1945), missionary and ethnographer in Africa^[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. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Francis Aupiais". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Dacb.org. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.