Saffré

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saffré

(2022–2026) Marie-Alexy Lefeuvre^[1]Area

57.46 km² (22.19 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,036 • Density70/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44149 /44390

Elevation17–78 m (56–256 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saffré (French pronunciation: [safʁe] ^ⓘ; Breton: Saverieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,226	—
1821	2,639	+0.61%
1846	3,265	+0.86%
1872	3,455	+0.22%
1901	3,505	+0.05%
1926	2,860	−0.81%
1946	2,438	−0.80%
1962	2,336	−0.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,320	−0.11%
1975	2,206	−0.72%
1982	2,492	+1.76%
1990	2,608	+0.57%
1999	2,679	+0.30%
2007	3,329	+2.75%
2012	3,680	+2.03%
2017	3,907	+1.20%

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 Saffré, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE