Grandchamps-des-Fontaines
Grandchamps-des-Fontaines Gregamp-ar-Feunteunioù |
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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 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 36 ′ W | |
height | 8-70 m | |
surface | 33.87 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,016 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 178 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44119 | |
INSEE code | 44066 | |
Website | http://www.grandchampdesfontaines.fr/ | |
Grandchamps-des-Fontaines church |
Grandchamps-des-Fontaines (also: Grandchamp-des-Fontaines ; Breton: Gregamp-ar-Feunteunioù ) is a French municipality with 6016 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Grandchamps-des-Fontaines belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre . The inhabitants are called Grandchampenois .
geography
Grandchamps-des-Fontaines is located about 20 kilometers north of the city center of Nantes , in the valley of the Gesvres river , which flows into the Erdre . Grandchamps-des-Fontaines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Héric in the north and north-west, Casson in the north and north-east, Sucé-sur-Erdre in the east, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in the south-east, Treillières in the south and Notre-Dame-des-Landes in the West.
The national route 137 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | Residents |
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1962 | 1,281 |
1968 | 1,291 |
1975 | 1,578 |
1982 | 2.223 |
1990 | 2,464 |
1999 | 3,464 |
2006 | 4,225 |
2011 | 4,997 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines chapel from the 17th / 18th centuries century
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the British community of Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire (England).
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSEE 1962-2014 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 246-248.