Fercé

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Fercé
Coat of arms of Fercé
Fercé (France)
Fercé
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton Châteaubriant
Community association Châteaubriant-Derval
Coordinates 47 ° 48 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W
height 42-117 m
surface 22.04 km 2
Residents 474 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44660
INSEE code 44058

Town hall (Mairie) of Fercé

Fercé ( Breton : Ferreg ; Gallo : Fèrczaé ) is a French municipality with 474 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 Châteaubriant (until 2015: canton of Rougé ). The inhabitants are called Fercéens in French .

geography

Fercé is located about 66 kilometers northeast of Nantes and about 40 kilometers southeast of Rennes . The Brutz limits the community in the south and the Semnon in the north. Fercé is surrounded by the neighboring communities Martigné-Ferchaud in the north and east, Noyal-sur-Brutz in the south-east, Rougé in the south and west, Soulvache in the west and north-west and Thourie in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 561 545 501 459 499 517 485 500
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Church from 1702
  • Le Boispéan castle from the 17th century

  • church

  • Le Boispéan Castle

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1017-1021.

Web links

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