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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 | Vertou |
| Intercommunality | Urban Community of Nantes Métropole |
| Mayor | Laurent Dejoie (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 1–56 m (3.3–184 ft) |
| Land area1 | 35.68 km2 (13.78 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 20,268 (1999) |
| - Density | 568 /km2 (1,470 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44215/ 44120 |
| 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. | |
Vertou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
It is located on the River Sèvre Nantaise, and was a historical town of Brittany.
Today, Vertou is a component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Nantes Métropole and is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, lying just southeast of Nantes.