La Chapelle-Heulin

La Chapelle-Heulin La Chapèll-Oelein (Gallo) Chapel-Huelin (Breton)
Commune
Flooded Port of the Montru in February 2014
Coat of arms
Location of La Chapelle-Heulin
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Coordinates: 47°10′38″N 1°20′21″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Intercommunality	Sèvre et Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Arraitz[1]
Area ^1	13.47 km^2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,443
• Density	260/km^2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44032 /44330
Elevation	2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle-Heulin (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl ølɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Gallo: La Chapèll-Oelein, Breton: Chapel-Huelin) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Geography

Location of La Chapelle-Heulin commune in the Loire-Atlantique Department

La Chapelle-Heulin is situated in 14 miles east of Nantes, 20 miles south of Ancenis and 27 miles west of Cholet. The neighbouring communes of La Chapelle-Heulin are Le Loroux-Bottereau, Le Landreau, Vallet, Le Pallet, La Haie-Fouassière and Haute-Goulaine.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,543 —     1821 1,342 −0.50% 1846 1,614 +0.74% 1872 1,546 −0.17% 1901 1,259 −0.71% 1926 1,069 −0.65% 1946 1,078 +0.04% 1962 1,216 +0.76%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,212 −0.05% 1975 1,307 +1.08% 1982 1,800 +4.68% 1990 1,838 +0.26% 1999 1,852 +0.08% 2007 2,839 +5.48% 2012 3,209 +2.48% 2017 3,263 +0.33%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

• Aristide Briand, politician

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Chapelle-Heulin, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE