La Montagne, Loire-Atlantique

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

La Montagne La Montàeyn (Gallo) Ar Menez (Breton)
Commune
Chateau d'Aux
Coat of arms
Location of La Montagne
(2020–2026)		Fabien Gracia^[1]
Area ¹	3.64 km² (1.41 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,488
• Density	1,800/km² (4,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44101 /44620
Dialling codes	02
Elevation	2–38 m (6.6–124.7 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Montagne (French pronunciation: [la mɔ̃taɲ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: La Montàeyn, Breton: Ar Menez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1876	2,106	—
1881	2,309	+1.86%
1886	2,556	+2.05%
1891	2,404	−1.22%
1896	2,595	+1.54%
1901	2,948	+2.58%
1906	3,080	+0.88%
1911	3,117	+0.24%
1921	2,895	−0.74%
1926	2,940	+0.31%
1931	3,232	+1.91%
1936	3,441	+1.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1946	3,923	+1.32%
1954	4,136	+0.66%
1962	4,418	+0.83%
1968	5,025	+2.17%
1975	5,165	+0.39%
1982	5,419	+0.69%
1990	5,555	+0.31%
1999	5,841	+0.56%
2007	5,999	+0.33%
2012	5,981	−0.06%
2017	6,231	+0.82%

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 La Montagne, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE