Saint-Mars-du-Désert, Loire-Atlantique

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Mars-du-Désert

(2020–2026) Barbara Nourry^[1]Area

30.46 km² (11.76 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,299 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44179 /44850

Elevation3–77 m (9.8–252.6 ft)
(avg. 67 m or 220 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Mars-du-Désert (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁ dy dezɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Marzh-an-Dezerzh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,716	—
1975	2,033	+2.45%
1982	2,831	+4.84%
1990	3,127	+1.25%
1999	3,405	+0.95%
2007	3,996	+2.02%
2012	4,221	+1.10%
2017	4,899	+3.02%
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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE