Geneston

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Geneston
Geneston Coat of Arms
Geneston (France)
Geneston
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Community association Grand Lieu
Coordinates 47 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′  N , 1 ° 31 ′  W
height 14-39 m
surface 8.04 km 2
Residents 3,641 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 453 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44140
INSEE code 44223

Location of Genestons in the Loire-Atlantique department

Geneston is a French municipality with 3641 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) about 15 km south of Nantes in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and the canton of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu .

The neighboring municipalities of Geneston are Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu , Pont-Saint-Martin , La Chevrolière , Le Bignon , Montbert , Saint-Colomban in Loire-Atlantique and Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine in Vendée .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2010
Residents 821 952 1,252 1,595 1,958 2,217 3,380 3,524

Attractions

  • Geneston Abbey (founded as a monastery in 1147, abbey in 1163)

Personalities

  • Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), royal architect, Abbot of Geneston
  • Sébastien-Joseph du Cambout de Coislin, called Pontchâteau (1634–1690), nephew of Richelieu, Abbot of Geneston until 1665
  • Henri Mathieu de Montmorency (1648–1708), Marquis de Fosseux , Seigneur de Courtalain , 1694 Abbot of Geneston
  • Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), Bishop of the Marquesas , born in Geneston, buried next to Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel
  • Jean Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), resistance fighter, born in Geneston

Town twinning

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 44-46.

Web links

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