Carquefou

Carquefou (French: [kaʁkəfu] (listen); Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France.

Carquefou
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Carquefou
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Coordinates: 47°17′51″N 1°29′29″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Dubettier-Grenier
Area ^1	43.42 km^2 (16.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	19,805
• Density	460/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44026 /44470
Elevation	1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,273 —     1806 2,156 −5.1% 1821 2,379 +10.3% 1831 2,626 +10.4% 1841 2,690 +2.4% 1851 2,899 +7.8% 1861 2,810 −3.1% 1872 2,799 −0.4% 1881 2,932 +4.8% 1891 2,902 −1.0% 1901 2,670 −8.0% 1911 2,609 −2.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,586 −0.9% 1931 2,472 −4.4% 1946 3,026 +22.4% 1954 3,169 +4.7% 1962 3,287 +3.7% 1968 3,744 +13.9% 1975 6,239 +66.6% 1982 9,664 +54.9% 1990 12,877 +33.2% 1999 15,369 +19.4% 2011 18,022 +17.3% 2017 19,805 +9.9%

Sport

In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town in the national headlines.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.