Rouans

Rouans
Commune
Tower of Buzay Abbey
Coat of arms
Location of Rouans
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Coordinates: 47°11′00″N 1°52′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Ripoche[1]
Area ^1	37.73 km^2 (14.57 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,203
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44145 /44640
Elevation	0–60 m (0–197 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rouans (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃s] ^ⓘ; Breton: Rodent) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,114 —     1821 2,164 +0.08% 1846 2,245 +0.15% 1872 2,258 +0.02% 1901 2,191 −0.10% 1926 1,642 −1.15% 1946 1,514 −0.40% 1962 1,520 +0.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,443 −0.86% 1975 1,447 +0.04% 1982 1,710 +2.41% 1990 1,891 +1.27% 1999 2,131 +1.34% 2007 2,506 +2.05% 2012 2,734 +1.76% 2017 2,956 +1.57%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
• Buzay Abbey

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 Rouans, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE