Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
Commune
Château de Chassay
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°15′01″N 1°29′08″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anthony Descloziers
Area 1	11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	15,527
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44172 /44980
Elevation	2–36 m (6.6–118.1 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t lys syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Sainte-Luce on Loire; Breton: Santez-Lusenn-ar-Liger) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. This commune is one of 24 communes that make up the intercommunality of Nantes Metropolis.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 890 —     1800 908 +0.29% 1806 909 +0.02% 1821 981 +0.51% 1831 957 −0.25% 1841 1,027 +0.71% 1846 1,024 −0.06% 1851 939 −1.72% 1856 1,045 +2.16% 1861 1,087 +0.79% 1866 1,110 +0.42% 1872 1,045 −1.00% 1876 1,119 +1.73% 1881 1,133 +0.25% 1886 1,122 −0.19% 1891 1,133 +0.20% 1896 1,144 +0.19% 1901 1,148 +0.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,193 +0.77% 1911 1,112 −1.40% 1921 1,105 −0.06% 1926 1,116 +0.20% 1931 1,220 +1.80% 1936 1,278 +0.93% 1946 1,417 +1.04% 1954 1,961 +4.15% 1962 2,929 +5.14% 1968 3,420 +2.62% 1975 5,939 +8.20% 1982 8,399 +5.08% 1990 9,648 +1.75% 1999 11,261 +1.73% 2006 11,776 +0.64% 2011 12,699 +1.52% 2016 15,247 +3.72% 2021 15,527 +0.36%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2021)

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department