Frossay

Frossay Frozieg
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Community association	South Estuaire
Coordinates	47 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 56 ′  W
height	0-47 m
surface	57.22 km 2
Residents	3,221 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	56 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	44320
INSEE code	44061
Website	http://www.frossay.fr/
Siel in the salt marshes of Frossay

Frossay ( Breton : Frozieg ; Gallo : Froczaè ) is a French municipality with 3221 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Frossay belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and is part of the canton of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (until 2015: canton of Saint-Père-en-Retz ). The inhabitants are called Frossetains .

geography

Frossay is located about 25 kilometers west of Nantes in the historic Pays de Retz landscape on the Loire estuary . The Canal Maritime de la Basse Loire runs through the municipality . Frossay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bouée in the north, Le Pellerin in the east, Vue in the southeast, La Sicaudais in the south, Saint-Viaud in the west and La Chapelle-Launay and Lavau-sur-Loire in the northwest.

The former route nationale 723 (today's D723) runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
2,171	2,018	1.913	1.911	2,099	2.110	2,575	3,078

Attractions

• Le Bois-Péan manor and chapel, 17th century chapel, 16th century manor house
• Ker Aulen Castle
• La Rosselière Castle
• Bibonnière wash house
• Numerous Calvaires

Personalities

• Alexis Maneyrol (1891-1923), aviation pioneer

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1199-1203.

Web links

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

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Frossay in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture