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The departments of Pays de la Loire as well as all cities and communes of more than 20,000 inhabitants.
Departments
| | Name | Abbr. | Status | Adm. | Capital | A (km²) | C 1982-03-04 | C 1990-03-05 | C 1999-03-08 | E 2006-01-01 | E 2010-01-01 |
| i | Loire-Atlantique | | Dep | PAY | Nantes | 6,815 | 995,498 | 1,052,183 | 1,134,266 | 1,234,001 | 1,282,052 |
| i | Maine-et-Loire | | Dep | PAY | Angers | 7,166 | 675,321 | 705,882 | 732,942 | 766,659 | 784,810 |
| i | Mayenne | | Dep | PAY | Laval | 5,175 | 271,784 | 278,037 | 285,338 | 299,000 | 306,337 |
| i | Sarthe | | Dep | PAY | Le Mans | 6,206 | 504,768 | 513,654 | 529,851 | 553,484 | 563,518 |
| i | Vendée {Vendee} | | Dep | PAY | La Roche-sur-Yon | 6,720 | 483,027 | 509,356 | 539,664 | 597,185 | 634,778 |
| i | Pays de la Loire | PAY | Reg | | Nantes | 32,082 | 2,930,398 | 3,059,112 | 3,222,061 | 3,450,329 | 3,571,495 |
| | France | FRA | | | Paris | 543,965 | 54,334,871 | 56,615,155 | 58,518,395 | 61,399,541 | 62,765,235 |
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
Principal Cities
Cities & Communes
| | Name | C C 1982-03-04 | C C 1990-03-05 | C C 1999-03-08 | C E 2006-01-01 | C E 2010-01-01 |
| i | Angers | 136,038 | 141,404 | 151,279 | 152,337 | 147,571 |
| i | Cholet | 55,524 | 55,132 | 54,204 | 54,632 | 54,098 |
| i | La Roche-sur-Yon | 45,098 | 45,219 | 49,262 | 50,717 | 52,664 |
| i | Laval | 50,360 | 50,473 | 50,947 | 51,233 | 50,940 |
| i | Le Mans | 147,697 | 145,502 | 146,105 | 144,016 | 142,626 |
| i | Nantes | 240,539 | 244,995 | 270,251 | 282,853 | 284,970 |
| i | Orvault | 23,245 | 23,115 | 23,554 | 24,218 | 24,504 |
| i | Rezé {Reze} | 33,562 | 33,262 | 35,478 | 37,333 | 38,425 |
| i | Saint-Herblain | 41,958 | 42,774 | 43,726 | 43,901 | 43,153 |
| i | Saint-Nazaire | 68,348 | 64,812 | 65,874 | 68,838 | 67,031 |
| i | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire {Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire} | 17,825 | 22,202 | 25,223 | 24,508 | 25,017 |
| i | Saumur | 32,149 | 30,131 | 29,857 | 28,654 | 27,283 |
| i | Vertou | 15,631 | 18,235 | 20,268 | 21,091 | 21,443 |
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
Since 2006, France computes the population from the census results of different years.