Saint-Gildas-des-Bois

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois

(2020–2026) Jean-François Legrand^[1]Area

33.42 km² (12.90 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,780 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44161 /44530

Elevation1–74 m (3.3–242.8 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Gildas-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒilda de bwa] ^ⓘ; Breton: Gweltaz-Lambrizig) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,258	—
1821	1,233	−0.07%
1846	1,572	+0.98%
1872	2,311	+1.49%
1901	2,731	+0.58%
1926	2,243	−0.78%
1946	2,385	+0.31%
1962	2,659	+0.68%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,510	−0.96%
1975	2,521	+0.06%
1982	2,997	+2.50%
1990	3,126	+0.53%
1999	3,059	−0.24%
2007	3,339	+1.10%
2012	3,534	+1.14%
2017	3,774	+1.32%

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-Gildas-des-Bois, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE