Couffé
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Ancenis | |
| Community association | Pays d'Ancenis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ W | |
| height | 7-73 m | |
| surface | 39.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,563 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 64 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44521 | |
| INSEE code | 44048 | |
| Website | http://www.couffe.fr/ | |
Couffé is a French commune in the Loire-Atlantique with 2,563 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Pays de la Loire . It is assigned to the canton of Ancenis (until 2015: canton of Ligné ) and the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis . The inhabitants are called coufféens .
geography
Couffé is located in the northern Loire Valley about 35 kilometers east of Nantes on the Hâvre , a tributary of the Loire. The commune is located in the Coteaux d'Ancenis wine-growing region . Couffé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mouzeil in the north and northwest, Mésanger in the east and northeast, Ancenis-Saint-Géréon in the southeast, Oudon in the south, Le Cellier in the southwest and Ligné in the west.
The A11 car route runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | |||
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| Residents | 1,267 | 1,318 | 1,262 | 1,469 | 1,805 | 1,790 | 2.137 | 2,330 | |||
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
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See also: List of Monuments historiques in Couffé
- Saint-Pierre church. The artistic glazing was created by the glass painter's workshop Ely, which initially worked in Nantes and later in Kassel-Wehlheiden.
- Saint-Symphorien Chapel
- Le Villejégu Castle, historic monument since 1984
- La Contrie Castle
- La Gravelle Bridge
- Domain Loge aux Moines
- Seven historic mills
Personalities
- François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie (1763–1796), generalissimo, leader of the Vendée uprising
- Amy Brown (1783–1876), mistress of the Duke of Berry
- Athanase de Charette de La Contrie (1823–1911), Brigadier General
Community partnerships
We have partnerships with the following municipalities:
- Bogel in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1984
- Wellow in England, United Kingdom, since 1991
- Tescani in Romania, since 2000
- Gourkovo in Bulgaria, since 2003
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 509-513.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Götz J. Pfeiffer: "owes the foundation of this art industry to the Ely family". Ely family and glass painting workshop in Kassel, Nantes and Wehlheiden . In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies . tape 121 , 2016, p. 175-200 .