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  (2021)[2]	3,780
• 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 2,521 +0.06% 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 3,774 +1.32%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE