Saint-Lyphard

Saint-Lyphard
The church in Saint-Lyphard
Location of Saint-Lyphard
Saint-Lyphard
Saint-Lyphard
Coordinates: 47°23′55″N 2°18′23″W / 47.3986°N 2.3064°W / 47.3986; -2.3064
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonGuérande
IntercommunalityCA Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Claude Bodet
Area
1
24.63 km2 (9.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
5,246
  Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44175 /44410
Elevation0–23 m (0–75 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Lyphard (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lifaʁ] ; Breton: Sant-Lefer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is named after Saint Liphardus, a 6th-century AD abbot of the monastery established at Meung-sur-Loire.