Vertou Population and Area (Loire-Atlantique)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Vertou (Loire-Atlantique)
Vertou: Population and Area
With 26,684 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Vertou is the 343rd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 7th most populous in the Loire-Atlantique department, out of 207 communes. It covers 36 km² (2,699th largest area in France, 68th largest in the department), with a population density of 748 inhabitants per km², or 6.8 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,263rd in France for density.
Vertou is located in the Loire-Atlantique department (44), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 14th 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: Rezé (pop. 44,286), Orvault (pop. 29,176), Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (pop. 29,151), Couëron (pop. 24,367), Carquefou (pop. 21,509), La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (pop. 21,281).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 44215. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.