Orvault

Orvault Orvao (Gallo) Orvez (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Orvault
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Coordinates: 47°16′18″N 1°37′21″W / 47.2717°N 1.6225°W / 47.2717; -1.6225
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-2
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Sébastien Guitton1
Area 1	27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population  (2023)2	28,534
• Density	1,031/km2 (2,671/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44114 /44700
Elevation	7–74 m (23–243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orvault (French: [ɔʁvo] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Orvao, Breton: Orvez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.

The Hôtel de Ville, commissioned as an extension to the original town hall, was completed in 1976.³

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,816 —     1800 1,659 −1.28% 1806 1,920 +2.47% 1821 1,952 +0.11% 1831 1,845 −0.56% 1841 2,073 +1.17% 1846 2,142 +0.66% 1851 2,173 +0.29% 1856 2,130 −0.40% 1861 2,163 +0.31% 1866 2,196 +0.30% 1872 2,125 −0.55% 1876 2,118 −0.08% 1881 1,984 −1.30% 1886 2,010 +0.26% 1891 1,960 −0.50% 1896 1,870 −0.94% 1901 1,828 −0.45%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 1,832 +0.04% 1911 1,875 +0.47% 1921 1,885 +0.05% 1926 2,244 +3.55% 1931 2,732 +4.01% 1936 2,924 +1.37% 1946 3,681 +2.33% 1954 3,238 −1.59% 1962 6,592 +9.29% 1968 13,510 +12.70% 1975 20,239 +5.94% 1982 23,245 +2.00% 1990 23,115 −0.07% 1999 23,554 +0.21% 2007 24,564 +0.53% 2012 24,761 +0.16% 2017 26,355 +1.26% 2023 28,534 +1.33%
Source: EHESS4 and INSEE (1968-2023)5