Port-Saint-Père

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) Gaëtan Léauté^[1]Area32.57 km² (12.58 sq mi)Population3,013 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–52 m (0–171 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Port-Saint-Père (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ sɛ̃ pɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Porzh-Pêr) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Geography

Port-Saint-Père is situated on the west bank of the Acheneau, northwest of the Lac de Grand-Lieu.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 1,232 —     1821 1,563 +1.14% 1846 1,815 +0.60% 1872 1,946 +0.27% 1901 1,782 −0.30% 1926 1,441 −0.85% 1946 1,311 −0.47% 1962 1,349 +0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,361 +0.15% 1975 1,370 +0.09% 1982 1,716 +3.27% 1990 1,695 −0.15% 1999 2,143 +2.64% 2007 2,548 +2.19% 2012 2,820 +2.05% 2017 2,913 +0.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sights

• Planète Sauvage, safari park

Transport

Port-Saint-Père-Saint-Mars station is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References