Donges

Donges
Donj (Gallo)
Donez (Breton)
Commune
Oil tanker in the port
Location of
Coordinates: 47°19′27″N 2°04′30″W / 47.3242°N 2.075°W / 47.3242; -2.075
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonSaint-Nazaire-2
IntercommunalityCA Région Nazairienne et Estuaire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) François Chéneau[1]
Area
1
59.9 km2 (23.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
8,117
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44052 /44480
Elevation0–31 m (0–102 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Donges (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃ʒ] ; Gallo: Donj, Breton: Donez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the region of Pays de la Loire, France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,112—    
1800 2,054−0.40%
1806 1,904−1.26%
1821 2,230+1.06%
1831 2,650+1.74%
1841 2,700+0.19%
1846 2,809+0.79%
1851 2,808−0.01%
1856 3,004+1.36%
1861 3,006+0.01%
1866 3,055+0.32%
1872 2,890−0.92%
1876 2,889−0.01%
1881 2,918+0.20%
1886 2,902−0.11%
1891 2,933+0.21%
1896 2,925−0.05%
1901 2,883−0.29%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 2,886+0.02%
1911 2,862−0.17%
1921 2,745−0.42%
1926 2,770+0.18%
1931 2,703−0.49%
1936 2,896+1.39%
1946 3,022+0.43%
1954 4,590+5.36%
1962 6,263+3.96%
1968 6,458+0.51%
1975 6,280−0.40%
1982 6,726+0.98%
1990 6,377−0.66%
1999 6,157−0.39%
2007 6,467+0.62%
2012 7,092+1.86%
2017 7,961+2.34%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Donges, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE