Port-Saint-Père

Port-Saint-Père (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ sɛ̃ pɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Porzh-Pêr) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Port-Saint-Père
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Port-Saint-Père
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Coordinates: 47°08′00″N 1°45′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gaëtan Léauté[1]
Area 1	32.57 km2 (12.58 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,046
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44133 /44710
Elevation	0–52 m (0–171 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Port-Saint-Père is situated on the west bank of the Acheneau, northwest of the Lac de Grand-Lieu.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 1,232 —     1821 1,563 +1.14% 1846 1,815 +0.60% 1872 1,946 +0.27% 1901 1,782 −0.30% 1926 1,441 −0.85% 1946 1,311 −0.47% 1962 1,349 +0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,361 +0.15% 1975 1,370 +0.09% 1982 1,716 +3.27% 1990 1,695 −0.15% 1999 2,143 +2.64% 2007 2,548 +2.19% 2012 2,820 +2.05% 2017 2,913 +0.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

• Planète Sauvage, safari park.^[5]

Transport

Port-Saint-Père-Saint-Mars station is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department