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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 |
| Mayor | Claude Guillet (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 1–76 m (3.3–249 ft) |
| Land area1 | 43.42 km2 (16.76 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 17,898 (2006) |
| - Density | 412 /km2 (1,070 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44026/ 44470 |
| 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. | |
Carquefou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
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.