Chauvé
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Chauvé Kalveg |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Pornic | |
| Community association | Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 59 ′ W | |
| height | 0-62 m | |
| surface | 40.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,876 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44320 | |
| INSEE code | 44038 | |
| Website | http://www.chauve.fr | |
_-_H%C3%B4tel_de_ville.jpg) Town hall (Mairie) of Chauvé |
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Chauvé ( Breton : Kalveg ) is a French municipality with 2876 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Chauvé belongs to the arrondissement Saint-Nazaire and is part of the canton of Pornic (until 2015: canton of Saint-Père-en-Retz ). The inhabitants are called Chauvéens .
geography
Chauvé is located about 35 kilometers west of Nantes in the historic Pays de Retz region south of the Loire estuary . The Canal de Haute Perche runs along the southern edge of the municipality . Chauvé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Père-en-Retz in the north and north-west, Saint-Viaud in the north, Chaumes-en-Retz in the east and south-east and Pornic in the south and west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,337 | 1,307 | 1,238 | 1,348 | 1,589 | 1,702 | 2,253 | 2,604 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chauvé
- Several menhirs , u. a. the Pierre de Lametz ( Monument historique since 1989) and the Pierre de la Croterie .
- Several mansions from the 15th and 16th centuries
- Terre-Neuve Castle, built between 1768 and 1770
Community partnerships
It has been partnered with the Irish community of Killala in County Mayo since 1998.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1195-1198.
