Saint-Gildas-des-Bois

Saint-Gildas-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒilda de bwa] ^ⓘ; Breton: Gweltaz-Lambrizig) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3]

Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Commune
The church in Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
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Coordinates: 47°31′02″N 2°02′14″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays de Pont-Château–Saint-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Legrand[1]
Area 1	33.42 km2 (12.90 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,790
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44161 /44530
Elevation	1–74 m (3.3–242.8 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 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 1,258 —     1821 1,233 −0.07% 1846 1,572 +0.98% 1872 2,311 +1.49% 1901 2,731 +0.58% 1926 2,243 −0.78% 1946 2,385 +0.31% 1962 2,659 +0.68%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,510 −0.96% 1975 2,522 +0.07% 1982 2,997 +2.50% 1990 3,126 +0.53% 1999 3,059 −0.24% 2007 3,339 +1.10% 2012 3,534 +1.14% 2017 3,777 +1.34%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department