La Chevrolière

La Chevrolière (French: [la.ʃəvʁɔljɛʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

La Chevrolière
Commune
The church in La Chevrolière
Coat of arms
Location of La Chevrolière
La Chevrolière La Chevrolière
Coordinates: 47°05′30″N 1°36′37″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Intercommunality	Grand Lieu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Johann Boblin
Area ^1	32.56 km^2 (12.57 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	5,589
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44041 /44118
Elevation	0–22 m (0–72 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. ±% 1800 1,022 —     1821 1,528 +49.5% 1831 1,655 +8.3% 1841 1,765 +6.6% 1851 1,937 +9.7% 1861 1,935 −0.1% 1872 1,989 +2.8% 1881 2,131 +7.1% 1891 2,089 −2.0% 1901 2,064 −1.2% 1911 2,078 +0.7% 1921 1,883 −9.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 1,830 −2.8% 1946 1,784 −2.5% 1954 1,849 +3.6% 1962 2,004 +8.4% 1968 2,139 +6.7% 1975 2,444 +14.3% 1982 3,368 +37.8% 1990 4,272 +26.8% 1999 4,851 +13.6% 2008 4,945 +1.9% 2017 5,589 +13.0%

Economy

Atlantique Air Assistance has its head office in the commune.[2]

International relations

La Chevrolière is twinned with Lyndhurst, United Kingdom.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Contact us." Atlantique Air Assistance. Retrieved on 16 June 2010.
3. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

External links

• La Chevrolière (in French)