Fay-de-Bretagne
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
Canton | La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | |
Community association | Erdre et Gesvres | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W | |
height | 18-87 m | |
surface | 64.81 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,618 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44130 | |
INSEE code | 44056 | |
Website | http://www.faydebretagne.fr/ | |
Fallen memorial |
Fay-de-Bretagne ( Breton : Faouell ; Gallo : Faè ) is a French municipality with 3618 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 Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (until 2015: canton Blain ). The inhabitants are called Fayens .
geography
Fay-de-Bretagne is about 25 kilometers northwest of Nantes . Neighboring communities of Fay-de-Bretagne are Blain in the north, Notre-Dame-des-Landes in the east and south-east, Le Temple-de-Bretagne in the south, Malville in the south-west, Savenay in the west and south-west and Bouvron in the west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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2.172 | 2,109 | 1,947 | 2.175 | 2,388 | 2,491 | 2,877 | 3,386 |
Attractions
- Fay-de-Bretagne neo-Gothic church from the 19th century
- Grand Cross of Le Grand-Mérimont
- Gothic bridge
- Stèle Loïc Merlant in memory of the resistance against the German occupation during the Second World War
- Loire-Atlantique automobile test track
- Fallen memorial
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 146-150.
Web links
Commons : Fay-de-Bretagne - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Fay-de-Bretagne in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture