Carquefou

Carquefou
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Carquefou
Carquefou Carquefou
Coordinates: 47°17′51″N 1°29′29″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Dubettier-Grenier
Area 1	43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	20,510
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44026 /44470
Elevation	1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carquefou (French: [kaʁkəfu] ; Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,273	—
1806	2,156	−5.1%
1821	2,379	+10.3%
1831	2,626	+10.4%
1841	2,690	+2.4%
1851	2,899	+7.8%
1861	2,810	−3.1%
1872	2,799	−0.4%
1881	2,932	+4.8%
1891	2,902	−1.0%
1901	2,670	−8.0%
1911	2,609	−2.3%
1921	2,586	−0.9%
1931	2,472	−4.4%
1946	3,026	+22.4%
1954	3,169	+4.7%
1962	3,287	+3.7%
1968	3,744	+13.9%
1975	6,239	+66.6%
1982	9,664	+54.9%
1990	12,877	+33.2%
1999	15,369	+19.4%
2011	18,022	+17.3%
2017	19,805	+9.9%

Sport

In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town in the national headlines.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department