Vertou

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{{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

|mayor = Rodolphe Amailland{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|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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| cols = 2

| 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}}

  • {{flagicon|SUI}} Morges, Switzerland
  • {{flagicon|CZE}} Poděbrady, Czech Republic

See also

References

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