Cordemais

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Cordemais Cordemaè (Gallo) Kordevez (Breton)
Commune
Cordemais power station
Coat of arms
Location of Cordemais
(2020–2026)		Daniel Guillé^[1]
Area ¹	37.15 km² (14.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,880
• Density	100/km² (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44045 /44360
Elevation	0–91 m (0–299 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cordemais (French pronunciation: [koʁdəmɛ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Cordemaè, Breton: Kordevez) is a commune situated in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Economy

Cordemais Power Station is located in the town.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,346	—
1821	2,511	+0.24%
1846	2,542	+0.05%
1872	2,559	+0.03%
1901	2,042	−0.78%
1926	1,653	−0.84%
1946	1,211	−1.54%
1962	1,360	+0.73%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,439	+0.95%
1975	1,817	+3.39%
1982	2,004	+1.41%
1990	2,374	+2.14%
1999	2,515	+0.64%
2007	2,823	+1.45%
2012	3,294	+3.13%
2017	3,705	+2.38%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

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