What is the busiest station in Pays de la Loire?

Nantes, at 17,741,934, ahead of Angers (7,162,418).

What is the quietest station in Pays de la Loire?

Saint-Herblain, at 36,061. 29 cities of Pays de la Loire 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 Pays de la Loire?

Nantes (17,741,934), Angers (7,162,418), Le Mans (5,474,258), Laval (1,700,505), Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813). The whole table is on this page.

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The busiest railway stations in Pays de la Loire

Nantes is the busiest station in Pays de la Loire, at 17,741,934, ahead of Angers (7,162,418) and Le Mans (5,474,258). At the other end, Saint-Herblain is the quietest station, at 36,061.

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The 29 cities of Pays de la Loire ranked on train station
Rank	City	Train station	Population
1	44 Nantes	17,741,934	327,734
2	49 Angers	7,162,418	159,022
3	72 Le Mans	5,474,258	146,249
4	53 Laval	1,700,505	49,400
5	44 Saint-Nazaire	1,458,813	74,568
6	85 La Roche-sur-Yon	1,218,501	54,849
7	44 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	1,179,679	11,600
8	49 Saumur	966,833	26,241
9	49 Cholet	706,770	54,404
10	72 Sablé-sur-Sarthe	662,172	12,326
11	44 La Baule-Escoublac	632,704	16,912
12	85 Les Sables-d'Olonne	603,120	49,603
13	85 Montaigu-Vendée	461,438	21,134
14	85 Challans	241,956	22,943
15	44 Pornic	230,185	18,745
16	44 Pontchâteau	217,942	11,474
17	44 Pornichet	213,796	12,800
18	44 Rezé	206,368	43,556
19	44 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	195,627	20,690
20	49 Chemillé-en-Anjou	193,192	21,999
21	44 Vertou	110,962	26,227
22	44 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	95,111	28,596
23	49 Loire-Authion	92,236	16,765
24	44 Couëron	76,155	24,103
25	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	73,238	13,074
26	49 Trélazé	72,354	16,333
27	44 Thouaré-sur-Loire	61,351	11,004
28	44 Châteaubriant	56,208	12,260
29	44 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 Pays de la Loire?: Nantes, at 17,741,934, ahead of Angers (7,162,418).
What is the quietest station in Pays de la Loire?: Saint-Herblain, at 36,061. 29 cities of Pays de la Loire 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 Pays de la Loire?: Nantes (17,741,934), Angers (7,162,418), Le Mans (5,474,258), Laval (1,700,505), Saint-Nazaire (1,458,813). The whole table is on this page.