Oudon

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Oudon

(2020–2026) Alain Bourgoin^[1]Area

22.12 km² (8.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,925 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44115 /44521

Elevation2–74 m (6.6–242.8 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oudon (French pronunciation: [udɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,492	—
1821	1,621	+0.30%
1846	1,768	+0.35%
1872	1,716	−0.11%
1901	1,677	−0.08%
1926	1,375	−0.79%
1946	1,346	−0.11%
1962	1,362	+0.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,371	+0.11%
1975	1,599	+2.22%
1982	2,001	+3.26%
1990	2,353	+2.05%
1999	2,616	+1.18%
2007	3,126	+2.25%
2012	3,558	+2.62%
2017	3,805	+1.35%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Gallery

Oudon Castle
Menhir of "Pierre blanche"

Town twinning

Batheaston, Somerset, Great Britain

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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oudon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE