Derval
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Derval
Derwal | |
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Commune | |
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Coordinates: 47°40′06″N 1°40′12″W / 47.6683°N 1.67°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Loire-Atlantique |
Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Canton | Guémené-Penfao |
Intercommunality | secteur de Derval |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique David |
Area 1 | 63.51 km2 (24.52 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 3,556 |
• Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 44051 /44590 |
Elevation | 8–77 m (26–253 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Derval is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Geography
The river Chère forms all of the commune's northern border.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 1,750 | — |
1806 | 1,704 | −2.6% |
1821 | 1,936 | +13.6% |
1831 | 2,063 | +6.6% |
1841 | 2,185 | +5.9% |
1851 | 2,482 | +13.6% |
1861 | 2,677 | +7.9% |
1872 | 2,968 | +10.9% |
1881 | 3,106 | +4.6% |
1891 | 3,257 | +4.9% |
1901 | 3,329 | +2.2% |
1911 | 3,229 | −3.0% |
1921 | 2,865 | −11.3% |
1931 | 3,245 | +13.3% |
1946 | 2,859 | −11.9% |
1954 | 2,653 | −7.2% |
1962 | 2,702 | +1.8% |
1968 | 2,675 | −1.0% |
1975 | 2,591 | −3.1% |
1982 | 2,558 | −1.3% |
1990 | 2,558 | +0.0% |
1999 | 2,489 | −2.7% |
2007 | 2,919 | +17.3% |
2017 | 3,489 | +19.5% |
International relations
Derval is twinned with Llanidloes, a small town in Wales.
See also
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- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.