Sainte-Pazanne

Sainte-Pazanne
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Pazanne
Sainte-Pazanne Sainte-Pazanne
Coordinates: 47°06′14″N 1°48′34″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Morilleau
Area 1	41.56 km2 (16.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	7,218
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44186 /44680
Elevation	0–41 m (0–135 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Pazanne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t pazan] ; Breton: Santez-Pezhenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 1,656 —     1806 1,901 +2.33% 1821 1,872 −0.10% 1831 1,909 +0.20% 1841 2,121 +1.06% 1846 2,161 +0.37% 1851 2,202 +0.38% 1856 2,180 −0.20% 1861 2,363 +1.63% 1866 2,486 +1.02% 1872 2,458 −0.19% 1876 2,421 −0.38% 1881 2,456 +0.29% 1886 2,460 +0.03% 1891 2,576 +0.93% 1896 2,687 +0.85% 1901 2,714 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,696 −0.13% 1911 2,650 −0.34% 1921 2,324 −1.30% 1926 2,191 −1.17% 1931 2,191 +0.00% 1936 2,229 +0.34% 1946 2,234 +0.02% 1954 2,320 +0.47% 1962 2,439 +0.63% 1968 2,527 +0.59% 1975 2,645 +0.65% 1982 2,940 +1.52% 1990 3,159 +0.90% 1999 3,448 +0.98% 2007 4,946 +4.61% 2012 5,863 +3.46% 2017 6,774 +2.93%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

• Harrold, Bedfordshire

Transport

Gare de Sainte-Pazanne is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department