Loireauxence

Loireauxence
Commune
Loire River and Varades
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Coordinates: 47°23′10″N 1°01′55″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christine Blanchet
Area 1	118.28 km2 (45.67 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44213 /44370
Elevation	7–94 m (23–308 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loireauxence (French pronunciation: ​[lwaʁoksɑ̃s]; Breton: Ligeraosant) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Varades, Belligné, La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur and La Rouxière.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,785	—
1975	5,631	−0.38%
1982	5,653	+0.06%
1990	5,860	+0.45%
1999	6,144	+0.53%
2007	6,920	+1.50%
2012	7,204	+0.81%
2017	7,522	+0.87%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department