Vallons-de-l'Erdre

Vallons-de-l'Erdre
Commune
Vallons-de-l'Erdre Vallons-de-l'Erdre
Coordinates: 47°31′34″N 1°11′01″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
Intercommunality	Pays d'Ancenis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Ploteau
Area 1	189.21 km2 (73.05 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44180 /44540
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vallons-de-l'Erdre (French pronunciation: [valɔ̃ də lɛʁdʁ] (listen); Breton: Saonioù-an-Erzh) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2018 by merger of the former communes of Saint-Mars-la-Jaille (the seat), Bonnœuvre, Freigné (part of the department of Maine-et-Loire before 2018), Maumusson, Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and Vritz.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,444	—
1975	6,129	−0.71%
1982	6,100	−0.07%
1990	5,905	−0.41%
1999	5,900	−0.01%
2007	6,431	+1.08%
2012	6,581	+0.46%
2017	6,556	−0.08%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department