Mauves-sur-Loire

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Mauves-sur-Loire Mauv (Gallo) Malvid (Breton)
Commune
Mauves Bridge seen from the north bank of the Loire
Coat of arms
Location of Mauves-sur-Loire
(2020–2026)		Emmanuel Terrien^[1]
Area ¹	14.75 km² (5.70 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,312
• Density	220/km² (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44094 /44470
Elevation	1–84 m (3.3–275.6 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mauves-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [mov syʁ lwaʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Mauves on Loire; Gallo: Mauv, Breton: Malvid) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	766	—
1821	1,105	+1.32%
1846	1,476	+1.16%
1872	1,338	−0.38%
1901	1,369	+0.08%
1926	1,190	−0.56%
1946	1,303	+0.45%
1962	1,359	+0.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,403	+0.53%
1975	1,741	+3.13%
1982	2,139	+2.98%
1990	2,138	−0.01%
1999	2,407	+1.33%
2007	2,931	+2.49%
2012	3,106	+1.17%
2017	3,215	+0.69%

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

International relations

Mauves-sur-Loire is twinned with Hythe in England.

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 Mauves-sur-Loire, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE