Herbignac

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Herbignac Èrbinyac (Gallo) Erbigneg (Breton)
Commune
Château de Ranrouët
Coat of arms
Location of Herbignac
(2020–2026)		Christelle Chassé^[1]
Area ¹	71.43 km² (27.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	7,133
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44072 /44410
Elevation	0–55 m (0–180 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Herbignac (French pronunciation: [ɛʁbiɲak] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Èrbinyac, Breton: Erbigneg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,755	—
1800	2,086	−3.90%
1806	1,999	−0.71%
1821	2,920	+2.56%
1831	3,175	+0.84%
1841	3,176	+0.00%
1846	3,327	+0.93%
1851	3,555	+1.33%
1856	3,478	−0.44%
1861	3,672	+1.09%
1866	3,784	+0.60%
1872	3,895	+0.48%
1876	3,964	+0.44%
1881	4,152	+0.93%
1886	4,153	+0.00%
1891	4,219	+0.32%
1896	4,199	−0.09%
1901	4,172	−0.13%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	4,150	−0.11%
1911	4,110	−0.19%
1921	3,540	−1.48%
1926	3,443	−0.55%
1931	3,416	−0.16%
1936	3,325	−0.54%
1946	3,122	−0.63%
1954	3,028	−0.38%
1962	3,037	+0.04%
1968	3,078	+0.22%
1975	3,239	+0.73%
1982	3,778	+2.22%
1990	4,175	+1.26%
1999	4,353	+0.46%
2007	5,184	+2.21%
2012	6,175	+3.56%
2017	6,822	+2.01%
2021	7,133	+1.12%

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

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 Herbignac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE