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Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Carquefou Carqefou (Gallo)
Kerc'hfaou (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of CarquefouCoat of arms
Location of Carquefou
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Coordinates: 47°17′51″N 1°29′29″W / 47.2975°N 1.4914°W / 47.2975; -1.4914
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonCarquefou
IntercommunalityNantes Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Véronique Dubettier-Grenier
Area43.42 km (16.76 sq mi)
Population20,535
 • Density470/km (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code44026 /44470
Elevation1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carquefou (French pronunciation: [kaʁkəfu] ; Gallo: Carqefou, Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,273—    
1800 1,259−8.09%
1806 2,156+9.38%
1821 2,379+0.66%
1831 2,626+0.99%
1841 2,690+0.24%
1846 2,912+1.60%
1851 2,899−0.09%
1856 2,891−0.06%
1861 2,810−0.57%
1866 2,897+0.61%
1872 2,799−0.57%
1876 2,782−0.15%
1881 2,932+1.06%
1886 2,909−0.16%
1891 2,902−0.05%
1896 2,751−1.06%
1901 2,670−0.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 2,843+1.26%
1911 2,609−1.70%
1921 2,586−0.09%
1926 2,538−0.37%
1931 2,472−0.53%
1936 2,635+1.29%
1946 3,026+1.39%
1954 3,169+0.58%
1962 3,287+0.46%
1968 3,744+2.19%
1975 6,239+7.57%
1982 9,664+6.45%
1990 12,877+3.65%
1999 15,377+1.99%
2007 17,956+1.96%
2012 18,398+0.49%
2017 19,805+1.48%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Economy

The headquarters of the geophysical research company Sercel is located in Carquefou

Sport

In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on 19 March, putting the town in the national headlines.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carquefou, EHESS (in French).
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. What is geophysics
  6. Fiche d'identité
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department


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