Cheix-en-Retz

Cheix-en-Retz
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Cheix-en-Retz
Cheix-en-Retz Cheix-en-Retz
Coordinates: 47°10′57″N 1°48′51″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul
Intercommunality	CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Luc Normand
Area 1	8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	1,120
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44039 /44640
Elevation	0–27 m (0–89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cheix-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [ʃɛ ã ʁɛ] (listen), literally Cheix in Retz; Breton: Keiz-Raez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 365 —     1806 320 −12.3% 1821 381 +19.1% 1831 586 +53.8% 1841 341 −41.8% 1851 375 +10.0% 1861 396 +5.6% 1872 413 +4.3% 1881 423 +2.4% 1891 420 −0.7% 1901 440 +4.8% 1911 407 −7.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 342 −16.0% 1931 336 −1.8% 1946 320 −4.8% 1954 315 −1.6% 1962 315 +0.0% 1968 308 −2.2% 1975 326 +5.8% 1982 367 +12.6% 1990 442 +20.4% 1999 530 +19.9% 2007 721 +36.0% 2017 1,067 +48.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department