Cordemais

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Cordemais
Kordevez
Cordemais coat of arms
Cordemais (France)
Cordemais
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Blain
Community association Estuaire et Sillon
Coordinates 47 ° 17 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W
height 0-91 m
surface 37.15 km 2
Residents 3,705 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 100 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44360
INSEE code 44045
Website http://www.cordemais.fr/

Cordemais ( Breton : Kordevez ) is a French municipality with 3705 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 Nantes and is part of the canton of Blain (until 2015: canton of Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc ). The inhabitants are called Cordemaisiens .

geography

Cordemais is located about 34 kilometers west of Nantes on the north bank of the Loire estuary . Cordemais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Malville in the north, Le Temple-de-Bretagne and Vigneux-de-Bretagne in the northeast, Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc in the east, Le Pellerin in the south and southeast and Bouée in the west.

The place has a stop on the Tours – Saint-Nazaire railway line .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,360 1,439 1,817 2,004 2,374 2,518 2,790 3,294

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 19th century
  • Cross of St. Samson from the 11th century on the ruins of the old priory of Saint-Samson
  • La Haute-Merials castle from the 15th century

Community partnerships

A partnership has existed with the community of Gomboro in Burkina Faso since 1987 .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1037-1040.

Web links

Commons : Cordemais  - collection of images, videos and audio files