Assérac
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Assérac Azereg |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Guérande | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 26 ′ N , 2 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 0-49 m | |
| surface | 32.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,790 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44410 | |
| INSEE code | 44006 | |
| Website | http://www.asserac.fr/ | |
Assérac ( Breton Azereg ; Gallo : Aserac ) is a French municipality with 1790 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 Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Guérande (until 2015: canton of Herbignac ). The inhabitants are called Asseracais .
geography
Assérac is located about 21 kilometers northwest of Saint-Nazaire in the northwest of the department in the Brière countryside . To the west lies the Bay of Biscay ( Atlantic Ocean ). The municipality is part of the Brière Regional Nature Park . Assérac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pénestin in the north and north-west, Camoël in the north, Herbignac in the east, Saint-Molf in the south and Mesquer in the south-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 1179 | 1151 | 1079 | 1128 | 1239 | 1361 | 1668 | 1797 |
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Personalities
- Louis de Champsavin (1867–1916), show jumper, bronze medalist at the 1900 Olympic Games
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 455-459.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Assérac in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture