Vertou

Vertou Vertou (Gallo) Gwerzhav (Breton)
Commune
The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
Coat of arms
Location of Vertou
Vertou Vertou
Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vertou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rodolphe Amailland
Area 1	35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	26,002
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44215 /44120
Elevation	1–56 m (3.3–183.7 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vertou (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtu] ; Breton: 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 population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 5,200 —     1800 3,260 −6.45% 1806 4,461 5.37% 1821 5,773 1.73% 1831 5,686 −0.15% 1841 5,635 −0.09% 1846 5,635 0.00% 1851 5,949 1.09% 1856 6,015 0.22% 1861 6,313 0.97% 1866 5,706 −2.00% 1872 5,588 −0.35% 1876 5,471 −0.53% 1881 5,376 −0.35% 1886 5,455 0.29% 1891 5,602 0.53% 1896 5,321 −1.02% 1901 5,388 0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 5,464 0.28% 1911 5,490 0.09% 1921 5,716 0.40% 1926 6,142 1.45% 1931 6,330 0.60% 1936 6,877 1.67% 1946 7,985 1.51% 1954 9,223 1.82% 1962 11,100 2.34% 1968 12,089 1.43% 1975 13,853 1.96% 1982 15,631 1.74% 1990 18,235 1.94% 1999 20,268 1.18% 2007 21,199 0.56% 2012 22,307 1.02% 2017 24,219 1.66%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Vertou is twinned with:

• Morges, Switzerland
• Poděbrady, Czech Republic

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

External links

• Official website (in French)