La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)

La Chapelle-sur-Erdre: Population and Area

With 21,281 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre is the 451^st most populous town in France in 2026 and the 10^th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 33 km² (3,121^st largest area in France, 80^th largest in the department), with a population density of 637 inhabitants per km², or 5.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,474^th in France for density.

La Chapelle-sur-Erdre is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 22^nd 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: Vertou (pop. 26,684), Couëron (pop. 24,367), Carquefou (pop. 21,509), Bouguenais (pop. 20,862), Pornic (pop. 19,257), La Baule-Escoublac (pop. 17,435).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44035. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.