Saint-Colomban, Loire-Atlantique

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Colomban

(2020–2026) Patrick Bertin^[1]Area

35.72 km² (13.79 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,485 • Density98/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44155 /44310

Elevation2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Colomban (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɔlɔ̃bɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Koulman) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1800	1,320	—
1821	1,965	+1.91%
1846	2,026	+0.12%
1872	2,327	+0.53%
1901	2,203	−0.19%
1926	1,747	−0.92%
1946	1,580	−0.50%
1962	1,642	+0.24%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,657	+0.15%
1975	1,625	−0.28%
1982	1,817	+1.61%
1990	1,889	+0.49%
1999	2,027	+0.79%
2007	2,872	+4.45%
2012	3,191	+2.13%
2017	3,355	+1.01%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Colomban, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE