Rougé

For other uses, see Rouge (disambiguation).

Rougé
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rougé
Rougé Rougé
Coordinates: 47°47′01″N 1°26′49″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Châteaubriant
Intercommunality	Châteaubriant-Derval
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Duclos
Area 1	56.32 km2 (21.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,146
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44146 /44660
Elevation	39–109 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] ; Template:Lang-br) 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.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,000 —     1806 2,083 +4.2% 1821 2,404 +15.4% 1831 2,295 −4.5% 1841 2,272 −1.0% 1851 2,710 +19.3% 1861 2,705 −0.2% 1872 2,813 +4.0% 1881 2,782 −1.1% 1891 2,895 +4.1% 1901 2,665 −7.9% 1911 2,625 −1.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,408 −8.3% 1931 2,249 −6.6% 1946 2,229 −0.9% 1954 2,179 −2.2% 1962 2,011 −7.7% 1968 1,995 −0.8% 1975 1,982 −0.7% 1982 2,055 +3.7% 1990 2,167 +5.5% 1999 2,141 −1.2% 2010 2,253 +5.2% 2017 2,230 −1.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department