Rougé

For other uses, see Rouge (disambiguation).

Rougé
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Rougé
Rougé Rougé
Coordinates: 47°47′01″N 1°26′49″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Châteaubriant
Intercommunality	Châteaubriant-Derval
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Duclos
Area 1	56.32 km2 (21.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,146
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44146 /44660
Elevation	39–109 m (128–358 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rougé (French pronunciation: [ʁuʒe] ^ⓘ; Breton: Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, near Rennes.

The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place, in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground.

Geography

The river Chère forms small part of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,000 —     1821 2,404 +0.66% 1846 2,603 +0.32% 1872 2,813 +0.30% 1901 2,665 −0.19% 1926 2,357 −0.49% 1946 2,229 −0.28% 1962 2,011 −0.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,995 −0.13% 1975 1,982 −0.09% 1982 2,055 +0.52% 1990 2,167 +0.67% 1999 2,143 −0.12% 2007 2,280 +0.78% 2012 2,232 −0.42% 2017 2,230 −0.02%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department