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  (2022)[2]	4,701
• Density	75/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