Basse-Goulaine

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Basse-Goulaine Bass-Góleinn (Gallo) Goueled-Goulen (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of Basse-Goulaine
(2020–2026)		Alain Vey^[1]
Area ¹	13.74 km² (5.31 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	9,555
• Density	700/km² (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44009 /44115
Elevation	1–44 m (3.3–144.4 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Basse-Goulaine (French pronunciation: [bas ɡulɛn] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Bass-Góleinn, Breton: Goueled-Goulen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

The commune is part of historical Brittany located in the Pays nantais (historical country) and in the Vignoble nantais (traditional country).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,153	—
1800	776	−5.50%
1806	1,006	+4.42%
1821	1,180	+1.07%
1831	1,218	+0.32%
1841	1,168	−0.42%
1846	1,220	+0.87%
1851	1,227	+0.11%
1856	1,294	+1.07%
1861	1,287	−0.11%
1866	1,255	−0.50%
1872	1,187	−0.92%
1876	1,226	+0.81%
1881	1,182	−0.73%
1886	1,189	+0.12%
1891	1,234	+0.75%
1896	1,259	+0.40%
1901	1,250	−0.14%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,264	+0.22%
1911	1,170	−1.53%
1921	1,105	−0.57%
1926	1,176	+1.25%
1931	1,103	−1.27%
1936	1,185	+1.44%
1946	1,333	+1.18%
1954	1,539	+1.81%
1962	1,853	+2.35%
1968	2,160	+2.59%
1975	3,036	+4.98%
1982	4,099	+4.38%
1990	5,910	+4.68%
1999	7,499	+2.68%
2007	7,927	+0.70%
2012	8,244	+0.79%
2017	9,036	+1.85%

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Basse-Goulaine, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE