Orvault

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Orvault Orvao (Gallo) Orvez (Breton)
Commune

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Location of Orvault Map
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Coordinates: 47°16′18′′N 1°37′21′′W / 47.2717°N 1.6225°W / 47.2717; -1.6225
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-2
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Sébastien Guitton^[1]
Area ¹	27.67 km² (10.68 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	28,341
• Density	1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44114 /44700
Elevation	7–74 m (23–243 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orvault (French: [ɔʁvo] ⁱ; Gallo: Orvao, Breton: Orvez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.

Population

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The population of Orvault is increasing, 28 607 people in 2023.[1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,816	—
1800	1,659	−1.28%
1806	1,920	+2.47%
1821	1,952	+0.11%
1831	1,845	−0.56%
1841	2,073	+1.17%
1846	2,142	+0.66%
1851	2,173	+0.29%
1856	2,130	−0.40%
1861	2,163	+0.31%
1866	2,196	+0.30%
1872	2,125	−0.55%
1876	2,118	−0.08%
1881	1,984	−1.30%
1886	2,010	+0.26%
1891	1,960	−0.50%
1896	1,870	−0.94%
1901	1,828	−0.45%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,832	+0.04%
1911	1,875	+0.47%
1921	1,885	+0.05%
1926	2,244	+3.55%
1931	2,732	+4.01%
1936	2,924	+1.37%
1946	3,681	+2.33%
1954	3,238	−1.59%
1962	6,592	+9.29%
1968	13,510	+12.70%
1975	20,239	+5.94%
1982	23,245	+2.00%
1990	23,115	−0.07%
1999	23,554	+0.21%
2007	24,564	+0.53%
2012	24,761	+0.16%
2017	26,355	+1.26%

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]