Lavau-sur-Loire

Lavau-sur-Loire
Commune
Lavau-sur-Loire Lavau-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°18′28″N 1°57′55″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Blain
Intercommunality	Estuaire et Sillon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claire Tramier
Area 1	16.22 km2 (6.26 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44080 /44260
Elevation	0–15 m (0–49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavau-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [lavo syʁ lwaʁ] (listen), literally Lavau on Loire; Breton: Gwal-Liger) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 804 —     1806 777 −3.4% 1821 778 +0.1% 1831 775 −0.4% 1841 808 +4.3% 1851 920 +13.9% 1861 1,014 +10.2% 1872 941 −7.2% 1881 1,008 +7.1% 1891 841 −16.6% 1901 906 +7.7% 1911 778 −14.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 666 −14.4% 1931 554 −16.8% 1946 610 +10.1% 1954 590 −3.3% 1962 522 −11.5% 1968 461 −11.7% 1975 442 −4.1% 1982 555 +25.6% 1990 637 +14.8% 1999 615 −3.5% 2011 755 +22.8% 2017 767 +1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department