Editing Angers (section)

== Demographics ==

In 2017, Angers had 152,960 inhabitants, 1.2% more than ten years before.<ref name=pophis/> It is the 18th most populated [[commune (France)|commune]] in France. In 2018, the urban area (''unité urbaine''), which encompasses Angers plus eleven surrounding [[commune (France)|communes]] ({{convert|243.3|km2|1|sp=us|abbr=off}} in total), had 242,613 inhabitants.<ref name=compar/> The [[metropolitan area]] (''aire d'attraction'') included in 2018 81 communes, 432,939 inhabitants and {{convert|2419|km2|0|abbr=off}}.<ref name=compar/> The [[Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole|Angers Loire Métropole]], an economic and political association of communes, includes 29 communes and around 313,000 inhabitants.<ref>[https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/244900015-cu-angers-loire-metropole CU Angers Loire Métropole (N° SIREN : 244900015)], BANATIC. Accessed 14 October 2024.</ref>

The population of Angers is relatively young, with 46% of the population being younger than 30 and 22% of residents over 60 years old.<ref name=pophis/> This is partially explained by the presence of two universities, 21.0% of the population between 15 and 64 being pupils and students in 2017.<ref name="complet">[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2011101?geo=COM-49007#figure-5-1 Dossier complet, Commune d'Angers (49007)], INSEE</ref>

{{Historical populations
| title       = Historical population
| type        = France
| align    = center
| cols     = 3
| graph-pos = bottom
| percentages = pagr
| source    = ''Base Cassini'' from EHESS (1793-1999)<ref name="fcass">{{Cassini-Ehess|804|Angers}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name="pophis">{{Cite web |title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2017 |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-49007 |access-date=13 August 2020 |publisher=Insee}}</ref>
| 1793|33900
| 1800|33000
| 1806|29187
| 1821|29873
| 1831|32743
| 1836|35901
| 1841|39884
| 1846|44781
| 1851|46599
| 1856|50726
| 1861|51797
| 1866|54791
| 1872|58464
| 1876|56846
| 1881|68049
| 1886|73044
| 1891|72669
| 1896|77164
| 1901|82398
| 1906|82935
| 1911|83786
| 1921|86158
| 1926|86260
| 1931|85602
| 1936|87988
| 1946|94408
| 1954|102142
| 1962|115252
| 1968|128533
| 1975|137591
| 1982|136038
| 1990|141404
| 1999|151279
| 2007|151108
| 2012|149017
| 2017|152960
}}