Le Temple-de-Bretagne
Le Temple-de-Bretagne Templ-Breizh |
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Nantes | |
Canton | Blain | |
Community association | Estuaire et Sillon | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 47 ′ W | |
height | 77-90 m | |
surface | 1.72 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,967 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 1,144 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44360 | |
INSEE code | 44203 | |
Website | http://www.letempledebretagne.fr/ |
Le Temple-de-Bretagne ( Breton : Templ-Breizh ) is a French municipality with 1967 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 Nantes and is part of the canton of Blain (until 2015: canton of Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc ). The inhabitants are called templiers .
geography
Le Temple-de-Bretagne is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Nantes on the mountain hill of the Sillon de Bretagne . Le Temple-de-Bretagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fay-de-Bretagne in the north, Vigneux-de-Bretagne in the east, Cordemais in the south and south-west and Malville in the west and north-west.
history
The Knights Templar, which was founded in 1118, established here in the 12./13. Century a coming .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 539 | 519 | 612 | 1.009 | 1,420 | 1,557 | 1,768 | 1,865 |
Attractions
- Saint-Léonard church
- Notre-Dame de toutes Vertus chapel
- Cross of the Coming
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1050-1052.