Loireauxence

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Loireauxence Ligeraosant (Breton)
Commune
Loire River and Varades
Location of Loireauxence
(2020–2026)		Christine Blanchet^[1]
Area ¹	118.28 km² (45.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	7,517
• Density	64/km² (160/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.^[3]

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^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2015 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE