Casson
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
Canton | Nort-sur-Erdre | |
Community association | Erdre et Gesvres | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 1 ° 33 ′ W | |
height | 3–46 m | |
surface | 16.15 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,303 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 143 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44390 | |
INSEE code | 44027 | |
Website | http://www.casson.fr/ | |
![]() Town Hall (Mairie) of Casson |
Casson ( Breton : Kazon ; Gallo : Caczon ) is a French municipality with 2303 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Casson belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Nort-sur-Erdre . The inhabitants are called Cassonais .
geography
Casson is about 22 kilometers north of Nantes . Casson is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Nort-sur-Erdre in the north and east, Sucé-sur-Erdre in the south and south-east, Grandchamp-des-Fontaines in the south and south-west and Héric in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 690 | 647 | 608 | 974 | 1,202 | 1,319 | 2.012 | 2,101 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Casson
- Saint-Louis Church, built in 1841
- Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance chapel from 1860
- Plessis Castle from 1756 with Sainte-Anne Chapel (built in 1849), the castle has been a monument historique since 1989
- Pervenchère Castle, attested since 1435
- Wayside cross
Personalities
- François Dollier de Casson (1636–1701), explorer and Sulpizian
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 787-788.
Web links
Commons : Casson - collection of pictures, videos and audio files