Haute-Goulaine (French pronunciation: [ot ɡulɛn] ; Gallo: Hautt-Góleinn, Breton: Gorre-Goulen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune is located near Nantes. Historically, the commune was part of Brittany.

Haute-Goulaine
Hautt-Góleinn (Gallo)
Gorre-Goulen (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of Haute-Goulaine
Location of Haute-Goulaine
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Haute-Goulaine is located in France
Haute-Goulaine
Haute-Goulaine
Haute-Goulaine is located in Pays de la Loire
Haute-Goulaine
Haute-Goulaine
Coordinates: 47°11′59″N 1°25′39″W / 47.1997°N 1.4275°W / 47.1997; -1.4275
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonSaint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
IntercommunalityCA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fabrice Cuchot[1]
Area
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20.59 km2 (7.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,958
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44071 /44115
Elevation0–56 m (0–184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The chateau de Goulaine is one of the tourist sites that can be visited in the commune. Henri IV of France (king from 1589 to 1610) made the seigneury of Goulaine a marquisate in favour of Gabriel de Goulaine, husband of Marguerite de Bretagne.

On 22 October 1941, six of the 16 hostages shot in Nantes following the attack on Karl Hotz were buried in the Haute-Goulaine cemetery.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,470—    
1800 855−7.45%
1806 1,481+9.59%
1821 1,548+0.30%
1831 1,489−0.39%
1841 1,614+0.81%
1846 1,624+0.12%
1851 1,676+0.63%
1856 1,666−0.12%
1861 1,753+1.02%
1866 1,801+0.54%
1872 1,762−0.36%
1876 1,841+1.10%
1881 1,831−0.11%
1886 1,807−0.26%
1891 1,656−1.73%
1896 1,603−0.65%
1901 1,561−0.53%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,616+0.69%
1911 1,579−0.46%
1921 1,341−1.62%
1926 1,296−0.68%
1931 1,281−0.23%
1936 1,301+0.31%
1946 1,354+0.40%
1954 1,607+2.16%
1962 1,815+1.53%
1968 1,981+1.47%
1975 2,582+3.86%
1982 3,225+3.23%
1990 3,823+2.15%
1999 4,925+2.85%
2007 5,470+1.32%
2012 5,539+0.25%
2017 5,764+0.80%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Haute-Goulaine, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE