Orvault

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Orvault Orvao (Gallo) Orvez (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of Orvault
(2020–2026)		Jean-Sébastien Guitton^[1]
Area ¹	27.67 km² (10.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	27,872
• Density	1,000/km² (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44114 /44700
Elevation	7–74 m (23–243 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orvault (French: [ɔʁvo] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Orvao, Breton: Orvez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.

Population

The population of Orvault is increasing, 28 607 people in 2023.[1]

Historical population

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Orvault, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE