Pornic
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 47°07′00″N 2°06′00″W / 47.1167°N 2.1°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Loire-Atlantique |
Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
Canton | Pornic |
Intercommunality | CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz |
Boroughs | Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, Clion-sur-Mer |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Brard[1] |
Area 1 | 94.2 km2 (36.4 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 17,910 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Demonym | Pornicais (French) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 44131 /44210 |
Elevation | 0–31 m (0–102 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pornic (French pronunciation: [pɔʁnik] ; Pornizh in Breton, Port-Nitz in Gallo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer.