Paulx

Paulx
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Paulx
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Coordinates: 46°58′00″N 1°45′00″W / 46.9667°N 1.75°W / 46.9667; -1.75
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Machecoul-Saint-Même
Intercommunality	Sud Retz Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Gauthier[1]
Area ^1	35.92 km^2 (13.87 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	2,054
• Density	57.18/km^2 (148.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44119 /44270
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paulx (French pronunciation: [po] ^ⓘ; Breton: Palud) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1800 898 —     1821 1,350 +1.96% 1846 1,815 +1.19% 1872 1,838 +0.05% 1901 1,977 +0.25% 1926 1,627 −0.78% 1946 1,521 −0.34% 1962 1,574 +0.21% 1968 1,516 −0.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 1,382 −1.31% 1982 1,348 −0.36% 1990 1,311 −0.35% 1999 1,354 +0.36% 2007 1,823 +3.79% 2012 1,938 +1.23% 2017 1,981 +0.44% 2023 2,054 +0.60%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2023)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Paulx, EHESS (in French).
4. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE