Le Pallet

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Pallet

(2021–2026) Joël Baraud^[1]Area

11.75 km² (4.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,335 • Density280/km² (740/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44117 /44330

Elevation2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Pallet (French pronunciation: [lə palɛ] ^ⓘ; Breton: Ar Palez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.^[3]

It lies on the river Sèvre Nantaise.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,500	—
1821	1,102	−1.10%
1846	1,448	+1.10%
1872	1,641	+0.48%
1901	1,590	−0.11%
1926	1,401	−0.50%
1946	1,332	−0.25%
1962	1,371	+0.18%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,442	+0.85%
1975	1,507	+0.63%
1982	1,857	+3.03%
1990	2,070	+1.37%
1999	2,394	+1.63%
2007	2,603	+1.05%
2012	3,111	+3.63%
2017	3,239	+0.81%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Personalities

Peter Abelard (1079–1142), scholastic philosopher and theologian

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune du Pallet (44117), INSEE.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Pallet, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE