Vertou

Vertou

*Vertou* (Gallo)
*Gwerzhav* (Breton)
Vertou Vertou (Gallo) ; Gwerzhav (Breton)
Commune
	The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vertou
	Vertou Vertou
	Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W / 47.1689°N 1.4697°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vertou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rodolphe Amailland
Area 1	35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Population (2021)	26,002
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44215 /44120
Elevation	1–56 m (3.3–183.7 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vertou (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtu] ^ⓘ; Breton: Gwerzhav) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.

Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes. Vertou station has rail connections to Clisson and Nantes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	5,200	—
1800	3,260	−6.45%
1806	4,461	+5.37%
1821	5,773	+1.73%
1831	5,686	−0.15%
1841	5,635	−0.09%
1846	5,635	+0.00%
1851	5,949	+1.09%
1856	6,015	+0.22%
1861	6,313	+0.97%
1866	5,706	−2.00%
1872	5,588	−0.35%
1876	5,471	−0.53%
1881	5,376	−0.35%
1886	5,455	+0.29%
1891	5,602	+0.53%
1896	5,321	−1.02%
1901	5,388	+0.25%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,464	+0.28%
1911	5,490	+0.09%
1921	5,716	+0.40%
1926	6,142	+1.45%
1931	6,330	+0.60%
1936	6,877	+1.67%
1946	7,985	+1.51%
1954	9,223	+1.82%
1962	11,100	+2.34%
1968	12,089	+1.43%
1975	13,853	+1.96%
1982	15,631	+1.74%
1990	18,235	+1.94%
1999	20,268	+1.18%
2007	21,199	+0.56%
2012	22,307	+1.02%
2017	24,219	+1.66%