Vertou

Vertou (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtu] ^ⓘ; Breton: Gwerzhav) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Vertou Vertou (Gallo) Gwerzhav (Breton)
Commune
The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
Coat of arms
Location of Vertou
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Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vertou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rodolphe Amailland[1]
Area 1	35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	26,048
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44215 /44120
Elevation	1–56 m (3.3–183.7 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.

Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes. Vertou station has rail connections to Clisson and Nantes.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 5,200 —     1800 3,260 −6.45% 1806 4,461 +5.37% 1821 5,773 +1.73% 1831 5,686 −0.15% 1841 5,635 −0.09% 1846 5,635 +0.00% 1851 5,949 +1.09% 1856 6,015 +0.22% 1861 6,313 +0.97% 1866 5,706 −2.00% 1872 5,588 −0.35% 1876 5,471 −0.53% 1881 5,376 −0.35% 1886 5,455 +0.29% 1891 5,602 +0.53% 1896 5,321 −1.02% 1901 5,388 +0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 5,464 +0.28% 1911 5,490 +0.09% 1921 5,716 +0.40% 1926 6,142 +1.45% 1931 6,330 +0.60% 1936 6,877 +1.67% 1946 7,985 +1.51% 1954 9,223 +1.82% 1962 11,100 +2.34% 1968 12,089 +1.43% 1975 13,853 +1.96% 1982 15,631 +1.74% 1990 18,235 +1.94% 1999 20,268 +1.18% 2007 21,199 +0.56% 2012 22,307 +1.02% 2017 24,219 +1.66%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vertou is twinned with:^[5]

• Morges, Switzerland
• Poděbrady, Czech Republic

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department