Pontchâteau

Pontchâteau
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Pontchâteau
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Coordinates: 47°25′48″N 2°04′59″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Pontchâteau
Intercommunality	Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Danielle Cornet
Area 1	55.79 km2 (21.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	11,075
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44129 /44160
Elevation	0–52 m (0–171 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontchâteau (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʃato] ; Breton: Pontkastell-Keren) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,703 —     1806 2,678 −0.9% 1821 3,100 +15.8% 1831 3,300 +6.5% 1841 3,516 +6.5% 1851 3,667 +4.3% 1861 4,449 +21.3% 1872 4,200 −5.6% 1881 4,656 +10.9% 1891 4,632 −0.5% 1901 4,892 +5.6% 1911 4,883 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 4,675 −4.3% 1931 4,606 −1.5% 1946 5,188 +12.6% 1954 5,200 +0.2% 1962 5,334 +2.6% 1968 5,835 +9.4% 1975 6,394 +9.6% 1982 7,220 +12.9% 1990 7,549 +4.6% 1999 7,770 +2.9% 2010 9,863 +26.9% 2017 10,684 +8.3%

Personalities

• Jacques Demy (1931–1990), film director.
• Lydie Denier (1964–), actress.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department