Les Sorinières
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Les Sorinières Kersoren |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Vertou | |
| Community association | Nantes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ W | |
| height | 3–44 m | |
| surface | 13.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,541 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 656 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44840 | |
| INSEE code | 44198 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-sorinieres.fr/ | |
 Menhir de la Haute-Lande |
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Les Sorinières ( Breton : Kersoren ) is a French municipality with 8541 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Les Sorinières belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and the Canton of Vertou . The inhabitants are called Sorinièrois .
geography
Les Sorinières is about ten kilometers south of Nantes . Les Sorinières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rezé in the north, Vertou in the east, Le Bignon in the south and Pont-Saint-Martin in the west.
The A83 autoroute from Nantes to Niort runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,821 | 2,194 | 3.159 | 4,299 | 5,174 | 6.229 | 7,251 | 7,575 |
economy
The Muscadet and Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine-growing regions extend into the municipality.
Attractions
- Villeneuve monastery, Cistercian abbey founded by Duchess Constanze of Brittany in 1200/1201, mother monastery Buzay , dissolved in 1791, partially destroyed, now partially used as a hotel
- Menhirs of the Faulx and de la Haute-Lande
- Notre-Dame des Sorinières church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1343-1347.
Web links
Commons : Les Sorinières - Collection of images, videos and audio files
