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Pays de la Loire Map
Every department, city and town in Pays de la Loire on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and departments above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a department to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Key facts
- Capital
- Nantes
- Largest city
- Nantes (327,734)
- Population
- 3,907,156 (2023)
- Area
- 32,081 km² (12,387 sq mi)
- Departments of Pays de la Loire
- 5
- Most populous department
- Loire-Atlantique (1,487,570)
- Largest department by area
- Maine-et-Loire, 7,107 km² (2,744 sq mi)
About Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire has 5 departments and about 3,907,156 people (2023) on 32,081 km² (12,387 sq mi). Nantes is both the capital and the largest city, with 327,734 people. It borders Brittany, Centre-Val de Loire, Normandy and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Loire-Atlantique is the most populous department (1,487,570 people) and Mayenne the least (305,468); Maine-et-Loire is the largest by area (7,107 km²) and Mayenne the smallest (5,175 km²).
Largest cities in Pays de la Loire
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 276 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Department | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nantes | Loire-Atlantique | 327,734 |
| 2 | Angers | Maine-et-Loire | 159,022 |
| 3 | Le Mans | Sarthe | 146,249 |
| 4 | Saint-Nazaire | Loire-Atlantique | 74,568 |
| 5 | La Roche-sur-Yon | Vendée | 54,849 |
| 6 | Cholet | Maine-et-Loire | 54,404 |
| 7 | Saint-Herblain | Loire-Atlantique | 50,973 |
| 8 | Les Sables-d'Olonne | Vendée | 49,603 |
| 9 | Laval | Mayenne | 49,400 |
| 10 | Rezé | Loire-Atlantique | 43,556 |
| 11 | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire | Loire-Atlantique | 28,596 |
| 12 | Orvault | Loire-Atlantique | 28,534 |
| 13 | Saumur | Maine-et-Loire | 26,241 |
| 14 | Vertou | Loire-Atlantique | 26,227 |
| 15 | Sèvremoine | Maine-et-Loire | 25,797 |
| 16 | Couëron | Loire-Atlantique | 24,103 |
| 17 | Beaupréau-en-Mauges | Maine-et-Loire | 23,989 |
| 18 | Challans | Vendée | 22,943 |
| 19 | Chemillé-en-Anjou | Maine-et-Loire | 21,999 |
| 20 | Montaigu-Vendée | Vendée | 21,134 |
| 21 | Carquefou | Loire-Atlantique | 20,921 |
| 22 | La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | Loire-Atlantique | 20,690 |
| 23 | Bouguenais | Loire-Atlantique | 20,530 |
| 24 | Pornic | Loire-Atlantique | 18,745 |
| 25 | Mauges-sur-Loire | Maine-et-Loire | 18,695 |
Populations are INSEE's populations légales 2023 (population municipale, in force on 1 January 2026); the 5 departments add up to the region's 3,907,156, as on the France map. Towns are communes at their town halls: every prefecture and sub-prefecture, and every other commune of 3,000 people or more.
Departments of Pays de la Loire
All 5 departments. Select one to show it on the map.
| Nantes | 1,487,570 | 6,874 | |
| Angers | 833,776 | 7,107 | |
| Laval | 305,468 | 5,175 | |
| Le Mans | 566,733 | 6,206 | |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 713,609 | 6,719 |
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Sources
- Departments, regions, prefectures, sub-prefectures and communes: IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG CARTO 4.0, edition of 1 January 2026 (data.geopf.fr); department areas are the communes' cadastral areas.
- Populations: INSEE, populations légales 2023 (in force on 1 January 2026), population municipale by region, department and commune (insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8680726).
- Motorways and national roads: IGN, ROUTE 500 3.0, edition of November 2021.
- Rivers, lakes and lagoons: Sandre, BD TOPAGE 2025 (watercourses and water bodies, edition of August 2025).