Abbaretz

Abbaretz
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Guémené-Penfao
Community association	Nozay
Coordinates	47 ° 33 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ W
height	26-91 m
surface	61.76 km 2
Residents	2,088 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	34 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	44170
INSEE code	44001
Website	http://www.abbaretz.fr/
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Abbaretz ( Breton : Abbarez ; Gallo : Abarèt ) is a French municipality with 2088 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Guémené-Penfao (until 2015: canton of Nozay ). The inhabitants are called Abbarois .

geography

Abbaretz is about 37 kilometers north of Nantes . Abbaretz is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Treffieux in the north, Issé in the north and northeast, La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne in the east, Joué-sur-Erdre in the southeast, Saffré in the south and southwest, Puceul in the southwest and Nozay in the west and southwest.

The place has a train station on the Nantes – Châteaubriant railway line .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	2,020	2.007	1,828	1,647	1,572	1,509	1,747	1,984
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Pierre church
La Jahotière hut, historic monument
Old mine

church
Former Jahotière hut

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 807-811.

Web links

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