Montbert

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Montbert Montebèrt (Gallo) Monteverzh (Breton)
Commune

Coat of arms
Location of Montbert
(2020–2026)		Jean-Jacques Mirallié^[1]
Area ¹	28.24 km² (10.90 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,305
• Density	120/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44102 /44140
Elevation	7–51 m (23–167 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montbert (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Montebèrt, Breton: Monteverzh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. In 1954 it ceded part of its territory to the new commune of Geneston.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1806	1,528	—
1821	2,265	+2.66%
1846	2,430	+0.28%
1872	2,509	+0.12%
1901	2,557	+0.07%
1926	2,211	−0.58%
1946	2,205	−0.01%
1962	1,585	−2.04%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,614	+0.30%
1975	1,734	+1.03%
1982	2,249	+3.78%
1990	2,246	−0.02%
1999	2,296	+0.24%
2007	2,874	+2.85%
2012	2,986	+0.77%
2017	3,125	+0.91%

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.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Montbert, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE