Lavau-sur-Loire
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Lavau-sur-Loire Gwal-Liger |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Blain | |
| Community association | Estuaire et Sillon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 58 ′ W | |
| height | 0-15 m | |
| surface | 16.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 767 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44260 | |
| INSEE code | 44080 | |
| Website | http://www.lavau-sur-loire.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Lavau-sur-Loire |
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Lavau-sur-Loire ( Breton : Gwal-Liger ) is a French municipality with 767 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 Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Blain (until 2015: canton of Savenay ). The inhabitants are called Lavausiens .
geography
Lavau-sur-Loire is located about 32 kilometers west-northwest of Nantes on the Sillon de Bretagne range of hills . Lavau-sur-Loire is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Savenay in the north, Bouée in the east, Frossay in the south and south-east and La Chapelle-Launay in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 522 | 461 | 442 | 555 | 637 | 615 | 733 | 750 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin church built in the 13th century, renovations from the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries, monument historique since 1984
- La Haye-de-Lavau mansion
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1262-1265.
Web links
Commons : Lavau-sur-Loire - Collection of images, videos and audio files
