Saint-Herblain

Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Herblain
	Saint-Herblain Saint-Herblain
	Coordinates: 47°12′44″N 1°38′59″W / 47.2122°N 1.6497°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-1 and 2
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Affilé
Area 1	30.02 km2 (11.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)	49,537
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44162 /44800
Elevation	1–64 m (3.3–210.0 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Herblain (French: [sɛ̃.t‿ɛʁblɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Template:Lang-br) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and lies adjacent to its west side.

History

The commune is named after the 7th-century AD Saint Hermeland (Template:Lang-fr and other names; Hermelandus in Breton and Latin), abbot and confessor under the Frankish king Chlothar III.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,000	—
1806	2,302	+15.1%
1821	2,192	−4.8%
1831	2,388	+8.9%
1841	2,385	−0.1%
1851	2,410	+1.0%
1861	2,482	+3.0%
1872	2,578	+3.9%
1881	2,569	−0.3%
1891	2,684	+4.5%
1901	2,535	−5.6%
1911	2,664	+5.1%
1921	2,875	+7.9%
1931	3,981	+38.5%
1946	5,506	+38.3%
1954	7,636	+38.7%
1962	11,990	+57.0%
1968	17,568	+46.5%
1975	39,867	+126.9%
1982	41,958	+5.2%
1990	42,774	+1.9%
2011	43,082	+0.7%
2017	46,268	+7.4%

Breton language

In 2008, 0,36% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education. The school network in Breton Diwan has opened a college in Saint-Herblain, the first in the area.

Transport

The Gare de Basse-Indre-Saint-Herblain railway station is served by regional trains between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.

Twin towns - sister cities

Saint-Herblain is twinned with:^[2]

Sankt Ingbert, Germany, since 1981
Waterford City, Ireland, since 1986 where a housing estate is named after the suburb, St Herblain Park
Viladecans, Spain, since 1991
N’Diaganiao, Senegal
Kazanlak, Bulgaria, since 2008
Cleja, Romania