Batz-sur-Mer
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Batz-sur-Mer Bourc'h-Baz |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | La Baule-Escoublac | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 0-21 m | |
| surface | 9.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,906 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 313 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44740 | |
| INSEE code | 44010 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-batzsurmer.fr/ | |
 Beach in Batz-sur-Mer (district of Saint-Michel) |
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Batz-sur-Mer ( Breton : Bourc'h-Baz ) is a French municipality with 2906 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . It is part of the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and the canton of La Baule-Escoublac (until 2015: canton Le Croisic ) and belongs to the Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique municipal association .
geography
Batz-sur-Mer is located on the Atlantic Ocean , on the Côte d'Amour ("Love Coast"). Batz-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guérande in the north, Le Pouliguen in the east and Le Croisic in the west. The place has a train station on the Saint-Nazaire – Le Croisic railway line .
history
In the 9th century, Batz and the neighboring town of Le Croisic were still on islands. In 945 a priory was founded here by Alain II, Duke of Brittany.
In 1854 Batz-sur-Mer became an independent municipality.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 1,776 | 2,284 | 2,181 | 2,288 | 2,277 | 2,236 | 2,590 | 2,734 | 3,051 | 3,217 | 3,055 |
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the French community of Salies-de-Béarn in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department (Aquitaine) .
Attractions
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See also: List of Monuments historiques in Batz-sur-Mer
- Tremondais cistern
- La Falaise mill from the 16th century
- Church Saint-Guénolé from 15-16. Century, since 1909 Monument historique
- Notre-Dame-du-Mûrier chapel, built in the 15th century, ruins, monument historique since 1862
- Saint-Marc and Calvaire chapel from the 15th century
- Grand Cross of Les Douleurs, Monument historique since 1944
- The menhirs Pierre-Longue by Le Croisic and Pierre Longue or Menhir de Saint-Michel on the beach at Saint-Michel.
Personalities
- Pawel Samuilowitsch Urysohn (1898–1924), Ukrainian-Russian mathematician, died here
- Jean Fréour (1919-2010), sculptor
- Francine Caron (* 1945), writer, translator, literary scholar
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 323-334.
