Vertou

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Vertou

Total population

26,002

Elevation1 m

Land area35.68 km²

Coordinates47.17°, -1.47°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vertou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Benjamin Péret

French poet, Parisian Dadaist and a founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism (1899–1959)

Charles Monselet

French journalist, novelist, poet and playwright (1825–1888)

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Edmond Bertreux

French painter (1911-1991)

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Hippolyte Dubois

French painter (1837-1909)

Isabelle Le Callennec

French politician

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Ivan Maussion

French film director (1951–2020)

Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont

French landowner, art collector and advisor to Benjamin Franklin at Passy (1725-1803)

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Jacques-François Piquet

French poet

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Jacques-Louis La Tocnaye

French writer

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Jacques Boyon

French politician (1934–2019)

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Jacques Chiffoleau

French historian (1951-)

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Jacques Couturier

French actor (1924–2022)

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Jacques Gaudin de La Bérillais

French military personnel

Jacques Le Nantec

French sculptor

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Jacques Moreau

French academic (1931-2019)

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Jacques Nouvel

French veterinarian (1909-1997)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-16

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-15

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-15

Dense-flowered Mullein

Verbascum densiflorum

Seen 2026-09-15

Ivy Cellophane Bee

Colletes hederae

Seen 2026-09-15

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-15

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-15

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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