Carquefou Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Carquefou (Loire-Atlantique)
Carquefou: Population and Area
With 21,509 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Carquefou is the 445th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 9th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 43 km² (1,691st largest area in France, 53rd largest in the department), with a population density of 495 inhabitants per km², or 4.5 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,874th in France for density.
Carquefou is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 21st by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Loire-Atlantique department is Nantes (332,515 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,517,043 people over 6,874 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Loire-Atlantique department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Loire-Atlantique department: Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151), Vertou (pop. 26,684), Couëron (pop. 24,367), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (pop. 21,281), Bouguenais (pop. 20,862), Pornic (pop. 19,257).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44026. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.