Pontchâteau

Pontchâteau
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Pontchâteau
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Coordinates: 47°25′48″N 2°04′59″W / 47.43°N 2.083°W / 47.43; -2.083
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Danielle Cornet^[1]
Area ¹	55.79 km² (21.54 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	11,075
• Density	200/km² (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44129 /44160
Elevation	0–52 m (0–171 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontchâteau (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʃato] ^ⓘ; Breton: Pontkastell-Keren) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,703	—
1800	2,572	−0.71%
1806	2,678	+0.68%
1821	3,100	+0.98%
1831	3,300	+0.63%
1841	3,516	+0.64%
1846	3,558	+0.24%
1851	3,667	+0.61%
1856	3,709	+0.23%
1861	4,449	+3.71%
1866	4,158	−1.34%
1872	4,200	+0.17%
1876	4,368	+0.99%
1881	4,481	+0.51%
1886	4,656	+0.77%
1891	4,632	−0.10%
1896	4,814	+0.77%
1901	4,892	+0.32%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,004	+0.45%
1911	4,883	−0.49%
1921	4,675	−0.43%
1926	4,613	−0.27%
1931	4,606	−0.03%
1936	4,518	−0.39%
1946	5,188	+1.39%
1954	5,200	+0.03%
1962	5,334	+0.32%
1968	5,835	+1.51%
1975	6,394	+1.32%
1982	7,220	+1.75%
1990	7,549	+0.56%
1999	7,773	+0.33%
2007	9,140	+2.05%
2012	9,982	+1.78%
2017	10,684	+1.37%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Communications

Pontchâteau is located at a major crossroads, at the junction of the RN 165, the Nantes-Vannes-Brest expressway, and the D 773, the Saint-Nazaire-Redon road.

Pontchâteau also lies on the Savenay–Landerneau railway line, and is served by a station.

Personalities

Jacques Demy (1931–1990), film director.
Lydie Denier (1964–), actress.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pontchâteau, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

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