Vertou
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Vertou
|native name = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Vertou}} (Gallo)
{{native name|br|Gwerzhav}}
|commune status = Commune
|image = Vertou châteauPortillon.jpg
|caption = The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vertou (Loire-Atlantique).svg
|arrondissement = Nantes
|canton = Vertou
|INSEE = 44215
|postal code = 44120
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Nantes Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|47.1689|-1.4697|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m =
|elevation min m = 1
|elevation max m = 56
|area km2 = 35.68
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Vertou ({{IPA|fr|vɛʁtu|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Pom445-Vertou.wav}}; {{langx|br|Gwerzhav}}) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.
Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes. Vertou station has rail connections to Clisson and Nantes.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|39606|Vertou}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-44215#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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|1793 |5200
|1800 |3260
|1806 |4461
|1821 |5773
|1831 |5686
|1841 |5635
|1846 |5635
|1851 |5949
|1856 |6015
|1861 |6313
|1866 |5706
|1872 |5588
|1876 |5471
|1881 |5376
|1886 |5455
|1891 |5602
|1896 |5321
|1901 |5388
|1906 |5464
|1911 |5490
|1921 |5716
|1926 |6142
|1931 |6330
|1936 |6877
|1946 |7985
|1954 |9223
|1962 |11100
|1968 |12089
|1975 |13853
|1982 |15631
|1990 |18235
|1999 |20268
|2007 |21199
|2012 |22307
|2017 |24219
}}
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Vertou is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Relations internationales|url=http://www.vertou.fr/fr/information/78980/relations-internationales|website=vertou.fr|publisher=Vertou|language=fr|access-date=2021-04-13}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.mairie-vertou.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Loire-Atlantique communes}}
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Category:Communes of Loire-Atlantique
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