Chaumes-en-Retz

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Chaumes-en-Retz Kalaved-Raez (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Location of Chaumes-en-Retz
(2020–2026)		Jacky Drouet^[1]
Area ¹	76.55 km² (29.56 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	7,184
• Density	94/km² (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44005 /44320, 44680
Elevation	1–61 m (3.3–200.1 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaumes-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [ʃom ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ^ⓘ, literally Chaumes in Retz; Breton: Kalaved-Raez) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,188	—
1975	3,171	−0.08%
1982	3,528	+1.54%
1990	3,768	+0.83%
1999	4,253	+1.35%
2007	5,448	+3.14%
2012	6,422	+3.34%
2017	6,759	+1.03%
Source: INSEE^[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.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 14 December 2015 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE