List of cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department

The department of Loire-Atlantique is in the Region Pays de la Loire in France . It is divided into four arrondissements with 31 cantons (French cantons ).

See also: List of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department

Communes and cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department

Communes, arrondissements and cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department

Canton	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Arrondissement (s)
Ancenis	17th	45,821	529.19	87	4401	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
La Baule-Escoublac	6th	44,548	77.73	573	4402	Saint-Nazaire
Blain	14th	53,294	509.30	105	4403	Châteaubriant-Ancenis , Nantes , Saint-Nazaire
Carquefou	4th	48,405	82.38	588	4404	Nantes
La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	6th	51,515	257.16	200	4405	Châteaubriant-Ancenis , Nantes
Châteaubriant	19th	33,467	621.30	54	4406	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Clisson	12	40,142	253.55	158	4407	Nantes
Guémené-Penfao	19th	36,318	726.29	50	4408	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Guérande	10	48,697	385.12	126	4409	Saint-Nazaire
Machecoul	13	40,453	486.29	83	4410	Nantes , Saint-Nazaire
Nantes-1	1	43,716	-	-	4411	Nantes
Nantes-2	1	40,739	-	-	4412	Nantes
Nantes-3	1	51,033	-	-	4413	Nantes
Nantes-4	1	38,849	-	-	4414	Nantes
Nantes-5	1	41,248	-	-	4415	Nantes
Nantes-6	1	46,042	-	-	4416	Nantes
Nantes-7	1	47,719	-	-	4417	Nantes
Nort-sur-Erdre	14th	48,812	541.55	90	4418	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Pontchâteau	13	48,645	574.17	85	4419	Châteaubriant-Ancenis , Saint-Nazaire
Pornic	8th	37,177	236.46	157	4420	Saint-Nazaire
Rezé-1	6th	41,073	-	-	4421	Nantes
Rezé-2	1	36,141	-	-	4422	Nantes
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	9	47.012	243.17	193	4423	Nantes , Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Herblain-1	4th	57.020	-	-	4424	Nantes
Saint-Herblain-2	2	49,136	-	-	4425	Nantes
Saint-Nazaire-1	1	48,942	-	-	4426	Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire-2	6th	50.185	-	-	4427	Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu	12	48.283	412.89	117	4428	Nantes
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	3	41,638	45.99	905	4429	Nantes
Vallet	11	47,187	276.17	171	4430	Nantes
Vertou	5	41,652	84.12	495	4431	Nantes
Loire-Atlantique department	207	1,394,909	6,885.71	203	44	-

List of former cantons

Until the French cantons were redesigned in March 2015, the Loire-Atlantique department was divided into 59 cantons as follows:

Arrondissement	Cantons
Ancenis	Ancenis , Ligné , Riaillé , Saint-Mars-la-Jaille , Varades
Châteaubriant	Blain , Châteaubriant , Derval , Guémené-Penfao , Moisdon-la-Rivière , Nort-sur-Erdre , Nozay , Rougé , Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes , Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon
Nantes	Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine , Bouaye , Carquefou , La Chapelle-sur-Erdre , Clisson , Legé , Le Loroux-Bottereau , Machecoul , Nantes-1 , Nantes-2 , Nantes-3 , Nantes-4 , Nantes-5 , Nantes- 6 , Nantes-7 , Nantes-8 , Nantes-9 , Nantes-10 , Nantes-11 , Orvault , Le Pellerin , Rezé , Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc , Saint-Herblain-Est , Saint-Herblain-Ouest-Indre , Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu , Vallet , Vertou , Vertou-Vignoble
Saint-Nazaire	La Baule-Escoublac , Bourgneuf-en-Retz , Le Croisic , Guérande , Herbignac , Montoir-de-Bretagne , Paimbœuf , Pontchâteau , Pornic , Saint-Gildas-des-Bois , Saint-Nazaire-Center , Saint-Nazaire-Est , Saint-Nazaire-Ouest , Saint-Père-en-Retz , Savenay