Besné
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
Canton | Saint-Nazaire-2 | |
Community association | Region Nazairienne et l'Estuaire | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ′ N , 2 ° 5 ′ W | |
height | 0-16 m | |
surface | 17.54 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,051 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 174 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44160 | |
INSEE code | 44013 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-besne.fr/ |
Besné ( Breton : Gwennenid ) is a French municipality with 3051 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 Saint-Nazaire-2 . The inhabitants are called Besnéens .
geography
Besné is located on the Brivet about 21 kilometers northeast of Saint-Nazaire . The Canal de la Trallée runs along the south of the municipality . Besné is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pontchâteau in the north, Prinquiau in the east and south-east, Donges in the south and Crossac in the west.
In the west is the moorland of the Brière.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1962 | 1,332 |
1968 | 1,440 |
1975 | 1,636 |
1982 | 2,062 |
1990 | 2,059 |
1999 | 2,029 |
2006 | 2,237 |
2012 | 2,750 |
- ↑ INSEE: Population development of Besné 1962–2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INSEE: Population in 2012
Attractions
- Two smaller menhirs
- Former mansion Le Plessis
- Three windmills from around 1800
- 19th century church
- Saint-Second chapel from the 17th century
- Celtic cross from the 15th century in the cemetery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 921-924.
Web links
Commons : Besné - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Besné in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture