Villeneuve-en-Retz
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Villeneuve-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [vilnœv ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ⓘ; Breton: Kernevez-Raez) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bourgneuf-en-Retz and Fresnay-en-Retz.[3]
Villeneuve-en-Retz
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The church of Saint-Cyr-en-Retz | |
 Location of Villeneuve-en-Retz | |
  Villeneuve-en-Retz  Villeneuve-en-Retz | |
| Coordinates: 47°02′35″N 1°57′07″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Machecoul-Saint-Même |
| Intercommunality | CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Bernard Ferrer[1] |
Area 1 | 73.68 km2 (28.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,120 |
| • Density | 69.5/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44021 /44580 |
| 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 | 2,941 | — |
| 1975 | 2,920 | −0.10% |
| 1982 | 3,160 | +1.13% |
| 1990 | 3,194 | +0.13% |
| 1999 | 3,258 | +0.22% |
| 2007 | 4,280 | +3.47% |
| 2012 | 4,753 | +2.12% |
| 2017 | 4,929 | +0.73% |
| 2023 | 5,120 | +0.64% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
