HydroLAKES lake · #14024
Lac de Grand-Lieu
Surface area
21,89km²
Avg depth
1,2m
Volume
26,5km³
Shoreline
70,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Loire-AtlantiquePays de la Loire · France21.95 km²100.0% of lake
3 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu21.04 km²
- La Chevrolière0.69 km²
- Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu0.22 km²
9 intersecting protected areas
Lac de Grand-Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
21.94 km² overlap
Lac de Grand-Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.93 km² overlap
Lac de Grand Lieu
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
21.03 km² overlap
Lac de grand lieu
IUCN IVLand acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
14.84 km² overlap
Lac De Grand-Lieu
IUCN IVNational Nature Reserve
14.75 km² overlap
Lac De Grand-Lieu
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
4.36 km² overlap
Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy)
0.02 km² overlap
La Pierre-Aigüe
IUCN IVGeotope Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
La Pierre-Aigüe
IUCN Not ReportedGeotope Protection Order
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 023 distinct species · 8 221 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Lac de Grand-Lieu : 30 espèces + 6 bulles famille, 57 interactions GloBI documentées sur 5 types (connectance 9.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 6 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
21,89km²
Avg depth
1,2m
Volume
26,500km³
Watershed
811km²
Shoreline
70,1km
Shore dev. idx
4,22
Residence time
22days
Elevation
-1m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.