Barbechat

Barbechat
Part of Divatte-sur-Loire
The church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, in Barbechat
Coat of arms
Location of Barbechat
Barbechat Location within France Barbechat Location within Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°17′00″N 1°17′00″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Vallet
Commune	Divatte-sur-Loire
Area 1	11.76 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	1,351
• Density	114.9/km2 (297.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	44450
Elevation	7–84 m (23–276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barbechat (French pronunciation: [baʁbəʃa]; Breton: Bargazh) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1868 from part of La Chapelle-Basse-Mer. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Divatte-sur-Loire.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1872	1,119	—
1876	1,169	+1.10%
1881	1,111	−1.01%
1886	1,059	−0.95%
1891	998	−1.18%
1896	950	−0.98%
1901	904	−0.99%
1906	854	−1.13%
1911	843	−0.26%
1921	711	−1.69%
1926	663	−1.39%
1931	608	−1.72%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1936	581	−0.90%
1946	552	−0.51%
1954	592	+0.88%
1962	584	−0.17%
1968	608	+0.67%
1975	566	−1.02%
1982	808	+5.22%
1990	905	+1.43%
1999	1,062	+1.79%
2013	1,339	+1.67%
2022	1,351	+0.10%

Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

External links

• Official site