Petit-Mars

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Petit-Mars

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Besnier^[1]Area

25.97 km² (10.03 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,841 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44122 /44390

Elevation2–43 m (6.6–141.1 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Petit-Mars is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,247	—
1821	1,197	−0.15%
1846	1,400	+0.63%
1872	1,382	−0.05%
1901	1,392	+0.02%
1926	1,104	−0.92%
1946	1,013	−0.43%
1962	1,062	+0.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,086	+0.37%
1975	1,204	+1.48%
1982	1,800	+5.91%
1990	2,309	+3.16%
1999	2,438	+0.61%
2007	3,388	+4.20%
2012	3,520	+0.77%
2017	3,601	+0.46%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Petit-Mars, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE