La Bernerie-en-Retz

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

La Bernerie-en-Retz La Bèrneriy/La Bèrneri (Gallo) Kerverner-Raez (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of La Bernerie-en-Retz
(2020–2026)		Jacques Prieur^[1]
Area ¹	6.08 km² (2.35 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,364
• Density	550/km² (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44012 /44760
Elevation	0–47 m (0–154 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bernerie-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [la bɛʁnəʁi ɑ̃ ʁɛ], literally La Bernerie in Retz; Gallo: La Bèrneriy or La Bèrneri, Breton: Kerverner-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1872	1,023	—
1901	1,239	+0.66%
1926	1,489	+0.74%
1946	1,764	+0.85%
1962	1,593	−0.64%
1968	1,683	+0.92%
1975	1,735	+0.44%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1982	1,799	+0.52%
1990	1,828	+0.20%
1999	2,139	+1.76%
2007	2,512	+2.03%
2012	2,603	+0.71%
2017	2,968	+2.66%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Transport

Gare de La Bernerie-en-Retz is served by train services between Pornic and Nantes.

References

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