Villeneuve-en-Retz

Villeneuve-en-Retz
Kerveneg-Raez (Breton)
The church of Saint-Cyr-en-Retz
Location of Villeneuve-en-Retz
Villeneuve-en-Retz
Villeneuve-en-Retz
Coordinates: 47°02′35″N 1°57′07″W / 47.043°N 1.952°W / 47.043; -1.952
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonMachecoul-Saint-Même
IntercommunalityCA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Bernard Ferrer
Area
1
73.68 km2 (28.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
5,004
  Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44021 /44580
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-en-Retz (French pronunciation: [vilnœv ɑ̃ ʁɛ] ; Breton: Kernevez-Raez) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Bourgneuf-en-Retz and Fresnay-en-Retz.