Le Pellerin

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) François Brillaud de Laujardière^[1]Area30.65 km² (11.83 sq mi)Population5,358 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–27 m (0–89 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Pellerin (French pronunciation: [lə pɛlʁɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Pentelloù) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,100 —     1800 1,456 −5.10% 1806 1,495 +0.44% 1821 1,654 +0.68% 1831 1,729 +0.44% 1841 1,750 +0.12% 1846 1,796 +0.52% 1851 1,783 −0.15% 1856 1,726 −0.65% 1861 1,851 +1.41% 1866 1,833 −0.20% 1872 1,779 −0.50% 1876 1,794 +0.21% 1881 1,775 −0.21% 1886 2,392 +6.15% 1891 2,241 −1.30% 1896 2,270 +0.26% 1901 2,283 +0.11%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,264 −0.17% 1911 2,313 +0.43% 1921 2,311 −0.01% 1926 2,241 −0.61% 1931 2,252 +0.10% 1936 2,256 +0.04% 1946 2,472 +0.92% 1954 2,507 +0.18% 1962 2,667 +0.78% 1968 2,685 +0.11% 1975 2,902 +1.12% 1982 3,478 +2.62% 1990 3,712 +0.82% 1999 3,774 +0.18% 2007 4,214 +1.39% 2012 4,607 +1.80% 2017 5,100 +2.05%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

Le Pellerin was the birthplace (21 May 1759) of Joseph Fouché.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References