Thouaré-sur-Loire

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Thouaré-sur-Loire
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Thouaré-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°16′06″N1°26′22″W / 47.2683°N 1.4394°W / 47.2683; -1.4394
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Carquefou
Intercommunality Nantes Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Martine Oger [1]
Area
1
12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020) [2]
10,704
  Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44204 /44470
Elevation1–73 m (3.3–239.5 ft)
(avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thouaré-sur-Loire (French pronunciation:  [twaʁe syʁ lwaʁ] ( Loudspeaker.svg listen ), literally Thouaré on Loire ; Breton : Tarvieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Origin of the name

The origins of Thouaré are not certain. According to certain hypotheses, the foundation of the city was due to a Roman legionnaire by the name of Taurus or Tauraicus, who had been given a rich villa in the area. Another is that it is due to a Celtic god, worshipped in this part of Gaul, by the name of Taur.

The name of Thouaré appears for the first time in the chart of Louis the Fat in 1123. Its orthography differs due to successive editors: Thoaré, Thoyré, Touaré, Thoaret, Thoairé, then finally Thouaré.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,974    
1975 2,887+5.58%
1982 4,505+6.56%
1990 5,140+1.66%
1999 6,661+2.92%
2007 7,407+1.34%
2012 8,398+2.54%
2017 10,025+3.61%
Source: INSEE [3]

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE