What is the busiest station in Loire-Atlantique?

Nantes, at 17,741,934, ahead of Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813).

What is the quietest station in Loire-Atlantique?

Saint-Herblain, at 36,061. 15 cities of Loire-Atlantique are measured here.

Where does Nantes stand in France?

26 of the 599 French cities measured on train station. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Loire-Atlantique?

Nantes (17,741,934), Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813), Ancenis-Saint-Géréon (1,179,679), La Baule-Escoublac (632,704), Pornic (230,185). The whole table is on this page.

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The busiest railway stations in Loire-Atlantique

Nantes is the busiest station in Loire-Atlantique, at 17,741,934, ahead of Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813) and Ancenis-Saint-Géréon (1,179,679). At the other end, Saint-Herblain is the quietest station, at 36,061.

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The 15 cities of Loire-Atlantique ranked on train station
Rank	City	Train station	Population
1	Nantes	17,741,934	327,734
2	Saint-Nazaire	1,458,813	74,568
3	Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	1,179,679	11,600
4	La Baule-Escoublac	632,704	16,912
5	Pornic	230,185	18,745
6	Pontchâteau	217,942	11,474
7	Pornichet	213,796	12,800
8	Rezé	206,368	43,556
9	La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	195,627	20,690
10	Vertou	110,962	26,227
11	Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	95,111	28,596
12	Couëron	76,155	24,103
13	Thouaré-sur-Loire	61,351	11,004
14	Châteaubriant	56,208	12,260
15	Saint-Herblain	36,061	50,973

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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. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

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 busiest station in Loire-Atlantique?: Nantes, at 17,741,934, ahead of Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813).
What is the quietest station in Loire-Atlantique?: Saint-Herblain, at 36,061. 15 cities of Loire-Atlantique are measured here.
Where does Nantes stand in France?: 26 of the 599 French cities measured on train station. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Loire-Atlantique?: Nantes (17,741,934), Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813), Ancenis-Saint-Géréon (1,179,679), La Baule-Escoublac (632,704), Pornic (230,185). The whole table is on this page.