Le Croisic
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Le Croisic Ar Groazig |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | La Baule-Escoublac | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 18 ′ N , 2 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 0-20 m | |
| surface | 4.5 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,093 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 910 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44490 | |
| INSEE code | 44049 | |
| Website | http://www.lecroisic.fr/ | |
 Hotel d'Aiguillon (former town hall) |
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Le Croisic ( Breton Ar Groazig ) is a French municipality with 4093 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 . Le Croisic belongs to the canton of La Baule-Escoublac , was the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Le Croisic until 2015 and belongs to the Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique municipal association .
geography
The port of Le Croisic is located on the Atlantic Ocean , on the Côte Armor ("Land by the Sea") on the Kervenel Peninsula. Le Croisic is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guérande in the east and northeast and Batz-sur-Mer in the southeast. Incidentally, it is surrounded by the Atlantic.
The Route nationale 771 brings you here. The terminus on the Saint-Nazaire – Le Croisic railway line is the terminus of the TGV Atlantique from Paris Gare Montparnasse via Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 2,721 | 3,426 | 4,086 | 4.017 | 4.102 | 4,243 | 4,313 | 4,428 | 4,267 | 4.121 | 4.043 | 4,040 |
Attractions
- The Long Stone (Pierre-Longue), also: Menhir Signal, Menhir from the Neolithic Age, Monument historique since 1889
- Notre-Dame-de-Pitié church from the 15th and 16th centuries, a historical monument since 1906
- Crucifix chapel, Gothic building, dating unknown (probably 15th / 16th century), additions from the 17th century, Monument historique since 1952
- Saint-Goustan chapel from the 15th century, reconstructed in 1895, monument historique since 1840
- Manor of Kervaudu, built at the end of the 15th century, Monument historique since 1921, and Cross of Kervaudu from the 17th century (Monument historique since 1944)
- Hotel d'Aiguillon, built around 1675, later town hall
- Tréhic lighthouse, built 1869–1872, electrified in 1950, decommissioned in 1963
- Pen Castel estate, home of the Henri Becquerels family
- Ozeanium , a visitor aquarium opened in 1992 with approx. 4000 living beings
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the German municipality of Laufenburg in Baden-Württemberg .
Personalities
- Pierre Bouguer (1698–1758), mathematician and astronomer
- Auguste Lorieux (1796 or 1797–1842), lawyer and writer
- Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852–1908), physicist
- Albert-Paul Granier (1888–1917), poet
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 334-351.
