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Pontchâteau

commune in Loire-Atlantique, France
Place Commune Of France Q818116

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official website
www.pontchateau.fr[16]
Official name
Pontchâteau[34]

Location

Country
France[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.437°, -2.088°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Loire-Atlantique, COMMUNAUTE COM ENTRE BRIVET ET BRIERE, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire[1][2][3]
Shares border with
Besné, Campbon, Crossac, Drefféac, Missillac, Prinquiau, Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet, Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Population and size

Area
+55.79[40]
Elevation above sea level
19 (0–52, n=3)[37][38][39]
Female population
+5428[35]
Male population
+5256[36]
Population
11k (5.8k–11k, n=17)[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Codes

Postal code
44160[15]
More facts +6
Capital of
canton of Pontchâteau, Wikidata item[33]
Associated electoral district
canton of Pontchâteau[41]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Saint-Nazaire, Wikidata item[42][43]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Pontchâteau[31]
Phone number
+33-2-40-01-63-00[32]
Twinned administrative body
Nassau[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pontchateau en Pontchâteau de Pont-Chateau es Pontchateau fr Pont-Château he פונשאטו it Pont-Château nl Pont-chateau nl Pontchateau nl Pont-Château ru Поншато zh 蓬沙托
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
240845570
GND ID
4116041-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ponchateau1.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15260298j
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--44167
EHESS ID of a French commune
27512
Email address
mailto:secretariat.general@pontchateau.fr
FactGrid item ID
Terry Kiser
Freebase ID
/m/02vqsmm
GeoNames ID
2986271
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2986271 BnF data 6434494 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1034938
Insee municipality code
44129
Show all 20 identifiers +8
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.12.1.4.8.3_1
MusicBrainz area ID
0a449f07-bd8e-4536-b763-f5bef8624afb
National Address Base ID
7c040ba3-ed4f-4103-b3ee-a1ac2584fe9f
OpenStreetMap relation ID
173697
Routard.com place ID
16843
Topic's main category
Category:Pontchâteau
WOEID
617432
Who's on First ID
101764687

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 9
Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Besné, Campbon, Crossac, Drefféac, Prinquiau, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, Missillac +1 more
← Shares border with 9
Saint-Gildas-des-Bois, Besné, Campbon, Crossac, Drefféac, Prinquiau, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, Missillac +1 more
Located in this place 5
2004 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2023 UEC Cyclo-cross European Championships, 1989 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2005 UEC Cyclo-cross European Championships, European Cyclo-cross Championships 2016
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Loire-Atlantique, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
People born here 2
Jacques Demy, Anne-Flore Rey
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Pontchâteau
Capital of 1
canton of Pontchâteau
Contained subdivisions 1
Pontchâteau
Country 1
France
FactGrid item ID 1
Terry Kiser
Instance of 1
commune of France
People who died here 1
Marie-Thérèse Bardet
Topic's main category 1
Category:Pontchâteau
Twinned administrative body 1
Nassau
← Capital 1
canton of Pontchâteau
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Pontchâteau
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Loire-Atlantique
← Start point 1
1988 Tour de France
← Twinned administrative body 1
Nassau
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Related Entities

France Jacques Demy Saint-Gildas-des-Bois

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [15] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [36] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
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  1. 11d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 11,474, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 27w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → canton of Pontchâteau, Wikidata item
    Instance of → commune of France
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Aire d'attraction de Saint-Nazaire, Wikidata item
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Loire-Atlantique, COMMUNAUTE COM ENTRE BRIVET ET BRIERE, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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