Sautron

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Sautron

(2020–2026) Marie-Cécile Gessant^[1]Area

17.28 km² (6.67 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,512 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Demonym(s)Sautronnaise, SautronnaisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44194 /44880

Elevation25–80 m (82–262 ft)Websitewww.sautron.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sautron (French pronunciation: [sotʁɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Saotron) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Geography

Sautron is located 10 km north west of Nantes, close to the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

Surrounding communes are Vigneux-de-Bretagne, Orvault, Saint-Herblain and Couëron.

According to the classification established by INSEE, Sautron is a commune urbaine (urban commune), one of 22 communes in the suburban area of Nantes.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,333	—
1975	2,849	+11.46%
1982	4,692	+7.39%
1990	6,026	+3.18%
1999	6,824	+1.39%
2007	6,806	−0.03%
2012	6,989	+0.53%
2017	8,192	+3.23%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sites and monuments

The church
The Château des Croix
Chapelle de Bongarant

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE