Chaumes-en-Retz

Chaumes-en-Retz ; Kalaved-Raez
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Machecoul ; Pornic
Community association	Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Coordinates	47 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ W
height	1-61 m
surface	76.55 km 2
Residents	6,759 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	88 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	44320 and 44680
INSEE code	44005
Website	http://www.chaumesenretz.fr/

Chaumes-en-Retz ( Breton : Kalavad-Raez ) is a French municipality with 6759 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 is part of the cantons of Machecoul and canton of Pornic . The inhabitants are called Calmetiens .

The municipality was created with effect from January 1, 2016 as Commune nouvelle from the merger of the former municipalities of Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré .

geography

Chaumes-en-Retz is located about 29 kilometers west-southwest of Nantes on the border with the Pays Nantais near the Atlantic coast . Chaumes-en-Retz is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Frossay and Vue in the north, Rouans in the north and east, Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons in the south and south-east, Pornic in the south and south-west, Chauvé in the west and Saint-Viaud in the north-west.

structure

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population (2016)
Arthon-en-Retz (seat)	44005	39.24	4.128
Chéméré	44040	37.31	2,563

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,503
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Arthon-en-Retz

church
Remains of the Roman aqueduct
La Meule Castle
Bressoreau Castle

Chéméré

Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, destroyed during the French Revolution, rebuilt 1875–1879
Calvaires
Manor Bâtiment
Noirbreuil mansion
Logis Pierre Levèe with menhir
Bois-Rouaud Castle
Merovingian necropolis
Ruins of the Prince's Castle