Le Gâvre

Le Gâvre
Commune
Coat of arms
Le Gâvre Le Gâvre
Coordinates: 47°31′17″N 1°44′51″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Blain
Intercommunality	Région de Blain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Oudaert
Area 1	53.58 km2 (20.69 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44062 /44130
Elevation	22–62 m (72–203 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Gâvre (French pronunciation: [lə ɡavʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,060 —     1806 1,094 +3.2% 1821 1,175 +7.4% 1831 1,436 +22.2% 1841 1,345 −6.3% 1851 1,496 +11.2% 1861 1,570 +4.9% 1872 1,692 +7.8% 1881 1,652 −2.4% 1891 1,518 −8.1% 1901 1,551 +2.2% 1911 1,548 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,178 −23.9% 1931 1,102 −6.5% 1946 1,138 +3.3% 1954 933 −18.0% 1962 911 −2.4% 1968 861 −5.5% 1975 825 −4.2% 1982 892 +8.1% 1990 995 +11.5% 1999 945 −5.0% 2011 1,643 +73.9% 2017 1,796 +9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department