La Bernerie-en-Retz
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La Bernerie-en-Retz Kerverner-Raez |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Pornic | |
| Community association | Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 5 ′ N , 2 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 0-47 m | |
| surface | 6.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,968 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 488 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44760 | |
| INSEE code | 44012 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-labernerie.fr/ | |
La Bernerie-en-Retz ( Breton : Kerverner-Raez ; Gallo : Bèrneriy ) is a commune with 2,968 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and is part of the canton of Pornic (until 2015: canton of Bourgneuf-en-Retz ). The inhabitants are called Berneriens .
geography
La Bernerie-en-Retz is located about 46 kilometers southwest of Nantes in the Pays de Retz landscape on the border with the Pays Nantais on the Atlantic coast . Here the wine is produced in the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais growing area . La Bernerie-en-Retz is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pornic in the north and east and Les Moutiers-en-Retz in the south and south-east.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 1,593 | 1,683 | 1,735 | 1,799 | 1,828 | 2.141 | 2,499 | 2,603 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours church from the 19th century
- Villa Sainte-Croix, built around 1890
- Villa La Garenne, built in the 19th century
- Saint-Jacques port
- Beach
Personalities
- Edgard Maxence (1871–1954), symbolist painter
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 183-186.
Web links
Commons : La Bernerie-en-Retz - Collection of images, videos and audio files
