Campbon
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Blain | |
| Community association | Estuaire et Sillon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 25 ′ N , 1 ° 58 ′ W | |
| height | 3–80 m | |
| surface | 49.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,998 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 80 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44750 | |
| INSEE code | 44025 | |
 Location Campbons in the department |
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Campbon is a French municipality with 3998 inhabitants (at 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 Blain (until 2015: canton of Savenay ).
Neighboring municipalities of Campbon are La Chapelle-Launay , Savenay , Bouvron , Quilly , Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet , Pontchâteau and Prinquiau .
history
Campbon was the seat of the Châtellenie Coislin, which was later elevated to marquisate and duché.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 2650 | 2569 | 2666 | 2747 | 2918 | 2899 | 3764 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Campbon
- Campbon Castle, 11th century, partly monument historique
- Coislin Castle
- Saint-Victor chapel
- La Ducherais chapel
Personalities
- Pierre du Cambout de Coislin (1636–1706), Bishop of Orléans , cardinal
- Henri Charles du Cambout (1665–1732), Duc de Coislin, Bishop of Metz
- Jean Rouaud (* 1952), writer, born in Campbon
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1245-1257.
Web links
Commons : Campbon - collection of images, videos and audio files
