Avessac

Avessac ( Breton : Avezeg , including: Plouzewi ) is a French municipality with 2476 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 Pontchâteau (until 2015: canton of Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon ). The inhabitants are called Avessacais .

geography

Avessac is about 80 kilometers north of Nantes . The river Vilaine limits the municipality to the north and the Don to the east. Avessac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Marie in the north and north-west, Renac in the north, La Chapelle-de-Brain in the north-east, Massérac in the east and north-east, Guémené-Penfao in the east, Plessé in the south-east, Fégréac in the south and south-west and Saint -Nicolas-de-Redon to the west.

The former Route nationale 775 runs through the municipality .

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	2,496	2.405	2,356	2,395	2.233	2.154	2,357	2,494

Rocher du veau surplombant

Pordor Castle

Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Church
Pordor Castle from the 14th century, renovations up to the 17th century, since 2009 Monument historique
La Châtaigneraie castle from the 19th century
16th century manor house of Cothias
Windmill and water mill
Wash house
Rocher du veau surplombant; the calf rock

There is a partnership with the French community of Saint-Martin-d'Ablois in the Marne department.

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1177-1181.

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