Le Pouliguen

Le Pouliguen ; Ar Poulgwenn
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	La Baule-Escoublac
Community association	Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique
Coordinates	47 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′ N , 2 ° 26 ′ W
height	0-23 m
surface	4.39 km 2
Residents	4,275 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	974 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	44510
INSEE code	44135
Website	www.lepouliguen.fr/
	; Le Pouliguen harbor promenade

Le Pouliguen ( Breton : Ar Poulgwenn ) is a French municipality with 4275 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . It is part of the arrondissement of Nantes and the canton of La Baule-Escoublac (until 2015: canton Le Croisic ) and belongs to the Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique community .

geography

Le Pouliguen is located on the Atlantic Ocean , on the Côte d'Amour ("Love Coast"). Neighboring municipalities are: Guérande in the north, La Baule-Escoublac in the northeast and Batz-sur-Mer in the west. The place has a train station on the Saint-Nazaire – Le Croisic railway line .

year	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	2,250	5,148	4.037	3,658	3,788	4,276	4,383	4,912	5,265	5,308	4,974

There are partnerships with the British community of Llantwit Major in County South Glamorgan (Wales) and with the German community of Kißlegg .

Chapel of Penchâteau

Korrigans Cave (French cave of Korrigans )

Section fortification of Penchâteau , Gaul and Celtic camps of Penchâteau , Gaulish camp since 1996 Monument historique , Celtic camp since 1979 Monument historique

Saint-Julien-Sainte-Anne chapel in Penchâteau from the 15th century, a historic monument since 1925

town hall

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 352-357.

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