Sainte-Pazanne

Sainte-Pazanne
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sainte-Pazanne
Sainte-Pazanne Sainte-Pazanne
Coordinates: 47°06′14″N 1°48′34″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Morilleau
Area 1	41.56 km2 (16.05 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	7,201
• Density	173.3/km2 (448.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44186 /44680
Elevation	0–41 m (0–135 ft) (avg. 14 m or 46 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Pazanne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t pazan] ^ⓘ; Breton: Santez-Pezhenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1800	1,656	—
1806	1,901	+2.33%
1821	1,872	−0.10%
1831	1,909	+0.20%
1841	2,121	+1.06%
1846	2,161	+0.37%
1851	2,202	+0.38%
1856	2,180	−0.20%
1861	2,363	+1.63%
1866	2,486	+1.02%
1872	2,458	−0.19%
1876	2,421	−0.38%
1881	2,456	+0.29%
1886	2,460	+0.03%
1891	2,576	+0.93%
1896	2,687	+0.85%
1901	2,714	+0.20%
1906	2,696	−0.13%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1911	2,650	−0.34%
1921	2,324	−1.30%
1926	2,191	−1.17%
1931	2,191	+0.00%
1936	2,229	+0.34%
1946	2,234	+0.02%
1954	2,320	+0.47%
1962	2,439	+0.63%
1968	2,527	+0.59%
1975	2,645	+0.65%
1982	2,940	+1.52%
1990	3,159	+0.90%
1999	3,448	+0.98%
2007	4,946	+4.61%
2012	5,863	+3.46%
2017	6,774	+2.93%
2023	7,201	+1.02%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Twin towns

• Harrold, Bedfordshire

Transport

Gare de Sainte-Pazanne is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department