Saint-Joachim

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Saint-Joachim

(2020–2026) Raphaël Salaün^[1]Area

86.22 km² (33.29 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,139 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44168 /44720

Elevation0–9 m (0–30 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Joachim (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔaʃɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Sant-Yoasin) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.^[3] It is in the centre of the Brière marsh, and comprises a group of "islands" within the marsh.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,152	—
1975	4,161	+0.03%
1982	4,253	+0.31%
1990	3,994	−0.78%
1999	3,772	−0.63%
2007	3,936	+0.53%
2012	3,960	+0.12%
2017	4,033	+0.37%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE