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

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,273—    
1800 1,259−8.09%
1806 2,156+9.38%
1821 2,379+0.66%
1831 2,626+0.99%
1841 2,690+0.24%
1846 2,912+1.60%
1851 2,899−0.09%
1856 2,891−0.06%
1861 2,810−0.57%
1866 2,897+0.61%
1872 2,799−0.57%
1876 2,782−0.15%
1881 2,932+1.06%
1886 2,909−0.16%
1891 2,902−0.05%
1896 2,751−1.06%
1901 2,670−0.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 2,843+1.26%
1911 2,609−1.70%
1921 2,586−0.09%
1926 2,538−0.37%
1931 2,472−0.53%
1936 2,635+1.29%
1946 3,026+1.39%
1954 3,169+0.58%
1962 3,287+0.46%
1968 3,744+2.19%
1975 6,239+7.57%
1982 9,664+6.45%
1990 12,877+3.65%
1999 15,377+1.99%
2007 17,956+1.96%
2012 18,398+0.49%
2017 19,805+1.48%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Economy

The headquarters of the geophysical research company Sercel is located in Carquefou[5][6]

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

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carquefou, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ What is geophysics
  6. ^ Fiche d'identité


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