What is the largest city of Loire-Atlantique?

Nantes, with 327,734 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Nazaire (74,568).

How many cities does Loire-Atlantique have?

23 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Loire-Atlantique has far more communes than that.

Which city of Loire-Atlantique is the densest?

Nantes, at 4,986 inhab./km², against 910 inhab./km² for the cities of Loire-Atlantique taken together.

Which region is Loire-Atlantique in?

Pays de la Loire, which this dataset carries 56 cities of.

Which cities are in Loire-Atlantique?

Nantes (327,734), Saint-Nazaire (74,568), Saint-Herblain (50,973), Rezé (43,556), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (28,596), Orvault (28,534), Vertou (26,227), Couëron (24,103), Carquefou (20,921), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (20,690). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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Cities of Loire-Atlantique (44)

Loire-Atlantique carries 23 cities in this dataset, 829,948 inhabitants between them. The largest is Nantes (327,734), the smallest Blain (10,376).

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Cities23
Inhabitants829,948
DensestNantes4,986 inhab./km²
Largest areaBlain102.2 km²

The 23 cities of Loire-Atlantique, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Nantes	327,734	4,986	65.7
2	Saint-Nazaire	74,568	1,485	50.2
3	Saint-Herblain	50,973	1,699	30
4	Rezé	43,556	2,783	15.6
5	Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	28,596	2,431	11.8
6	Orvault	28,534	1,025	27.8
7	Vertou	26,227	687	38.1
8	Couëron	24,103	492	48.9
9	Carquefou	20,921	483	43.3
10	La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	20,690	619	33.4
11	Bouguenais	20,530	658	31.2
12	Pornic	18,745	198	94.6
13	La Baule-Escoublac	16,912	637	26.5
14	Guérande	16,804	206	81.7
15	Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	16,400	1,435	11.4
16	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	14,541	524	27.8
17	Pornichet	12,800	997	12.8
18	Châteaubriant	12,260	364	33.7
19	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	11,600	418	27.8
20	Pontchâteau	11,474	206	55.7
21	Thouaré-sur-Loire	11,004	878	12.5
22	Treillières	10,600	364	29.2
23	Blain	10,376	101	102.2

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the largest city of Loire-Atlantique?: Nantes, with 327,734 inhabitants, ahead of Saint-Nazaire (74,568).
How many cities does Loire-Atlantique have?: 23 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Loire-Atlantique has far more communes than that.
Which city of Loire-Atlantique is the densest?: Nantes, at 4,986 inhab./km², against 910 inhab./km² for the cities of Loire-Atlantique taken together.
Which region is Loire-Atlantique in?: Pays de la Loire, which this dataset carries 56 cities of.
Which cities are in Loire-Atlantique?: Nantes (327,734), Saint-Nazaire (74,568), Saint-Herblain (50,973), Rezé (43,556), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (28,596), Orvault (28,534), Vertou (26,227), Couëron (24,103), Carquefou (20,921), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (20,690). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.