Sautron
Commune
L'hôtel de ville.
Location of Sautron
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Coordinates: 47°15′52″N 1°40′00″W / 47.2644°N 1.6667°W / 47.2644; -1.6667
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Herblain-1
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Cécile Gessant^[1]
Area ¹	17.28 km² (6.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	8,512
• Density	490/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sautronnaise, Sautronnais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44194 /44880
Elevation	25–80 m (82–262 ft)
Website	www.sautron.fr
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sautron (French pronunciation: [sotʁɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Breton: Saotron) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Geography

Sautron is located 10 km north west of Nantes, close to the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

Surrounding communes are Vigneux-de-Bretagne, Orvault, Saint-Herblain and Couëron.

According to the classification established by INSEE, Sautron is a commune urbaine (urban commune), one of 22 communes in the suburban area of Nantes.