Le Pellerin

Le Pellerin (French pronunciation: [lə pɛlʁɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Pentelloù) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Le Pellerin
Commune
Le Pellerin, seen from across the river Loire
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pellerin
Le Pellerin Show map of France Le Pellerin Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°12′N 1°45′W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Brillaud de Laujardière[1]
Area 1	30.65 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,358
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44120 /44640
Elevation	0–27 m (0–89 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. 1793 2,100 —     1800 1,456 −5.10% 1806 1,495 +0.44% 1821 1,654 +0.68% 1831 1,729 +0.44% 1841 1,750 +0.12% 1846 1,796 +0.52% 1851 1,783 −0.15% 1856 1,726 −0.65% 1861 1,851 +1.41% 1866 1,833 −0.20% 1872 1,779 −0.50% 1876 1,794 +0.21% 1881 1,775 −0.21% 1886 2,392 +6.15% 1891 2,241 −1.30% 1896 2,270 +0.26% 1901 2,283 +0.11%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,264 −0.17% 1911 2,313 +0.43% 1921 2,311 −0.01% 1926 2,241 −0.61% 1931 2,252 +0.10% 1936 2,256 +0.04% 1946 2,472 +0.92% 1954 2,507 +0.18% 1962 2,667 +0.78% 1968 2,685 +0.11% 1975 2,902 +1.12% 1982 3,478 +2.62% 1990 3,712 +0.82% 1999 3,774 +0.18% 2007 4,214 +1.39% 2012 4,607 +1.80% 2017 5,100 +2.05%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

Le Pellerin was the birthplace (21 May 1759) of Joseph Fouché.

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. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Pellerin, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE