La Garnache

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Garnache

(2020–2026) François Petit^[1]Area

59.49 km² (22.97 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,316 • Density89/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85096 /85710

Elevation8–52 m (26–171 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Garnache (French pronunciation: [la ɡaʁnaʃ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,628	—
1975	2,807	+0.95%
1982	3,152	+1.67%
1990	3,379	+0.87%
1999	3,576	+0.63%
2007	4,276	+2.26%
2012	4,630	+1.60%
2017	4,995	+1.53%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE