Vertou

Vertou

*Vertou* (Gallo)
*Gwerzhav* (Breton)
Vertou Vertou (Gallo) ; Gwerzhav (Breton)
Commune
	The château du Portillon and the edge of the Sèvre Nantaise
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vertou
	Vertou Location within France Vertou Location within Pays de la Loire
	Coordinates: 47°10′08″N 1°28′11″W / 47.1689°N 1.4697°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vertou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rodolphe Amailland
Area 1	35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi)
Highest elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Lowest elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Population (2023)	26,227
• Density	735.1/km2 (1,904/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44215 /44120
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vertou (French pronunciation: [vɛʁtu] ^ⓘ; Breton: Gwerzhav) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is located on the river Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.

Today, Vertou is a component of the Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes. Vertou station has rail connections to Clisson and Nantes.

History

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1974.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	5,200	—
1800	3,260	−6.45%
1806	4,461	+5.37%
1821	5,773	+1.73%
1831	5,686	−0.15%
1841	5,635	−0.09%
1846	5,635	+0.00%
1851	5,949	+1.09%
1856	6,015	+0.22%
1861	6,313	+0.97%
1866	5,706	−2.00%
1872	5,588	−0.35%
1876	5,471	−0.53%
1881	5,376	−0.35%
1886	5,455	+0.29%
1891	5,602	+0.53%
1896	5,321	−1.02%
1901	5,388	+0.25%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	5,464	+0.28%
1911	5,490	+0.09%
1921	5,716	+0.40%
1926	6,142	+1.45%
1931	6,330	+0.60%
1936	6,877	+1.67%
1946	7,985	+1.51%
1954	9,223	+1.82%
1962	11,100	+2.34%
1968	12,089	+1.43%
1975	13,853	+1.96%
1982	15,631	+1.74%
1990	18,235	+1.94%
1999	20,268	+1.18%
2007	21,199	+0.56%
2012	22,307	+1.02%
2017	24,219	+1.66%
2023	26,227	+1.34%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Twin towns – sister cities

Vertou is twinned with:

Morges, Switzerland
Poděbrady, Czech Republic

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ "Bulletin d'information Municipal" (PDF). Town of Vertou. 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Vertou, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ "Relations internationales". vertou.fr (in French). Vertou. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.