Chaumes-en-Retz
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Chaumes-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [ʃom ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ⓘ, literally Chaumes in Retz; Breton: Kalaved-Raez) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré.[3]
Chaumes-en-Retz
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Commune | |
Town hall | |
 Location of Chaumes-en-Retz | |
  Chaumes-en-Retz  Chaumes-en-Retz | |
| Coordinates: 47°06′58″N 1°56′31″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Pornic and Machecoul-Saint-Même |
| Intercommunality | Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacky Drouet[1] |
Area 1 | 76.55 km2 (29.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 7,440 |
| • Density | 97.2/km2 (252/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44005 /44320, 44680 |
| Elevation | 1–61 m (3.3–200.1 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 3,188 | — |
| 1975 | 3,171 | −0.08% |
| 1982 | 3,528 | +1.54% |
| 1990 | 3,768 | +0.83% |
| 1999 | 4,253 | +1.35% |
| 2007 | 5,448 | +3.14% |
| 2012 | 6,422 | +3.34% |
| 2017 | 6,759 | +1.03% |
| 2023 | 7,440 | +1.61% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
