Brains
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Brains burning |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Rezé-1 | |
| Community association | Nantes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W | |
| height | 0-34 m | |
| surface | 15.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,840 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 185 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44830 | |
| INSEE code | 44024 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-brains.fr/ | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Brains ( Breton : Burning ) is a French municipality with 2,840 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Brains belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and is part of the canton of Rezé-1 (until 2015: canton of Bouaye ). The inhabitants are called Brennois .
geography
Brains is located about 18 kilometers southwest of Nantes in the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine region ; Muscadet is mainly produced here. The Acheneau flows along the southwestern municipal boundary . Brains is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau in the north, La Montagne and Bouguenais in the north-east, Bouaye in the east and south-east, Saint-Léger-les-Vignes in the south and south-east, Port-Saint-Pierre in the south and south-west , Cheix-en-Retz in the west and Le Pellerin in the northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 999 | 1,021 | 1,174 | 1,578 | 1,889 | 2.172 | 2,479 | 2,587 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame Church, built in 1875
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 168-170.
