Le Temple-de-Bretagne

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Le Temple-de-Bretagne
Templ-Breizh
Coat of arms of Le Temple-de-Bretagne
Le Temple-de-Bretagne (France)
Le Temple-de-Bretagne
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Blain
Community association Estuaire et Sillon
Coordinates 47 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  W 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
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.

Web links

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