Rougé

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Duclos^[1]Area56.32 km² (21.75 sq mi)Population2,146 • Density38/km² (99/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation39–109 m (128–358 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rougé (French pronunciation: [ʁuʒe] ^ⓘ; Breton: Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, near Rennes.

The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place, in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The river Chère forms small part of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,000 —     1821 2,404 +0.66% 1846 2,603 +0.32% 1872 2,813 +0.30% 1901 2,665 −0.19% 1926 2,357 −0.49% 1946 2,229 −0.28% 1962 2,011 −0.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,995 −0.13% 1975 1,982 −0.09% 1982 2,055 +0.52% 1990 2,167 +0.67% 1999 2,143 −0.12% 2007 2,280 +0.78% 2012 2,232 −0.42% 2017 2,230 −0.02%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

References

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department