Le Pallet

Le Pallet (French pronunciation: [lə palɛ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Ar Palez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.^[3]

Le Pallet
Commune
Chapel of Sainte-Anne
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pallet
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Coordinates: 47°08′20″N 1°20′04″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Intercommunality	Sèvre et Loire
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Joël Baraud[1]
Area 1	11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,335
• Density	280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44117 /44330
Elevation	2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies on the river Sèvre Nantaise.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,500 —     1821 1,102 −1.10% 1846 1,448 +1.10% 1872 1,641 +0.48% 1901 1,590 −0.11% 1926 1,401 −0.50% 1946 1,332 −0.25% 1962 1,371 +0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,442 +0.85% 1975 1,507 +0.63% 1982 1,857 +3.03% 1990 2,070 +1.37% 1999 2,394 +1.63% 2007 2,603 +1.05% 2012 3,111 +3.63% 2017 3,239 +0.81%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

• Peter Abelard (1079–1142), scholastic philosopher and theologian

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. Commune du Pallet (44117), INSEE.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Pallet, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE