Paulx

Paulx (French pronunciation: [po] ^ⓘ; Breton: Palud) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Paulx
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Paulx
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Coordinates: 46°58′00″N 1°45′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	Sud Retz Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Gauthier[1]
Area 1	35.92 km2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,042
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44119 /44270
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. 1800 898 —     1821 1,350 +1.96% 1846 1,815 +1.19% 1872 1,838 +0.05% 1901 1,977 +0.25% 1926 1,627 −0.78% 1946 1,521 −0.34% 1962 1,574 +0.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,516 −0.62% 1975 1,382 −1.31% 1982 1,348 −0.36% 1990 1,311 −0.35% 1999 1,354 +0.36% 2007 1,823 +3.79% 2012 1,938 +1.23% 2017 1,981 +0.44%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department