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  (2022)[2]	3,374
• Density	290/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