Bourgneuf-en-Retz
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| local community | Villeneuve-en-Retz | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 44580 | |
| Former INSEE code | 44021 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Bourgneuf-en-Retz ( Breton : Bourc'hnevez-Raez ) is a village and a commune déléguée in the French commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz with 3,622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays region de la Loire . The inhabitants are called Novobourgeois (also: Novembourgeois ).
With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipalities of Bourgneuf-en-Retz and Fresnay-en-Retz were merged into a Commune nouvelle with the name Villeneuve-en-Retz. The municipality of Bourgneuf-en-Retz belonged to the Arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and was part of the canton of Machecoul (until 2015: canton of Bourgneuf-en-Retz ).
geography
Bourgneuf-en-Retz is located in the Pays de Retz landscape on the border with the Pays Nantais near the Atlantic coast . The Falleron River limits the area to the south. The former Route nationale 758 also runs here .
history
There was a Hanseatic branch in Bourgneuf-en-Retz (German: Borgneff). They used the salt pans to exploit the salt as a commodity.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 2,289 | 2,225 | 2.161 | 2,283 | 2,346 | 2,400 | 3,027 | 3,504 |
Attractions
- megalith
- Notre-Dame de Bon-Port church, rebuilt in the 19th century
- 19th century neo-Gothic church in Saint-Cyr-en-Retz
- Museum of the Pays de Retz
- The harbor in Port du Collet
- Le Collet Castle from the 12th century
- L'Arzelier Mill
- Noë-Briord's mansion, reconstructed in 1888
Personalities
- François de La Noue (1531–1591), Huguenot leader, lord of Noë-Briord
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 187-196.
