Carquefou Carqefou (Gallo) Kerc'hfaou (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Carquefou
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Coordinates: 47°17′51″N 1°29′29″W / 47.2975°N 1.4914°W / 47.2975; -1.4914
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Dubettier-Grenier[1]
Area 1	43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	20,510
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44026 /44470
Elevation	1–76 m (3.3–249.3 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carquefou (French pronunciation: [kaʁkəfu] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Carqefou, Breton: Kerc'hfaou) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France.

Population

Economy

The headquarters of the geophysical research company Sercel is located in Carquefou^[5][6]

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.