Erbray

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Erbray Aèrbraéy (Gallo) Ervoreg (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Erbray
(2020–2026)		Isabelle Dufourd-Bouchet^[1]
Area ¹	58.18 km² (22.46 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,058
• Density	53/km² (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44054 /44110
Elevation	41–108 m (135–354 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Erbray (French pronunciation: [ɛʁbʁɛ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Aèrbraéy, Breton: Ervoreg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,781	—
1821	1,627	−0.32%
1846	2,087	+1.00%
1872	2,973	+1.37%
1901	2,651	−0.39%
1926	1,991	−1.14%
1946	1,813	−0.47%
1962	1,766	−0.16%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,808	+0.39%
1975	1,885	+0.60%
1982	2,152	+1.91%
1990	2,392	+1.33%
1999	2,351	−0.19%
2007	2,744	+1.95%
2012	2,945	+1.42%
2017	3,006	+0.41%

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

Amenities

The town has an elementary school, a Catholic church, pharmacy, hairdresser, food shops, bakery, post office and a bar.

Personalities

Jeanne Cherhal, singer

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