Grandchamps-des-Fontaines

Grandchamps-des-Fontaines (also spelled: Grandchamp-des-Fontaines) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Grandchamps-des-Fontaines
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Grandchamps-des-Fontaines
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Coordinates: 47°21′57″N 1°36′14″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	La Chapelle-sur-Erdre
Intercommunality	Erdre et Gesvres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Ouvrand
Area ^1	33.87 km^2 (13.08 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,016
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44066 /44119
Elevation	8–70 m (26–230 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 1,370 —     1806 1,226 −10.5% 1821 1,133 −7.6% 1831 1,446 +27.6% 1841 1,487 +2.8% 1851 1,845 +24.1% 1861 1,942 +5.3% 1872 1,921 −1.1% 1881 1,895 −1.4% 1891 1,885 −0.5% 1901 1,714 −9.1% 1911 1,641 −4.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,459 −11.1% 1931 1,368 −6.2% 1946 1,307 −4.5% 1954 1,311 +0.3% 1962 1,281 −2.3% 1968 1,291 +0.8% 1975 1,578 +22.2% 1982 2,223 +40.9% 1990 2,464 +10.8% 1999 3,464 +40.6% 2007 4,334 +25.1% 2017 6,016 +38.8%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

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