Carquefou
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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Carquefou | |
| Intercommunality | Nantes Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Véronique Dubettier-Grenier | |
| Area1 | 43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)2 | 18,022 | |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44026 / 44470 | |
| Elevation | 1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft) | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-carquefou.fr/ | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Carquefou (Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France. Carquefou is also in Brittany.
Sport
In 2008, the local football team Union Sportive Jeanne d'Arc Carquefou reached the quarter finals of the French Cup after a win over the 8-times national champions Olympique de Marseille on March 19, putting the town in the national headlines.
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