Machecoul-Saint-Même
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Machecoul | |
| Community association | Sud Retz Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 0 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ W | |
| height | 0-39 m | |
| surface | 84.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,473 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 88 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44270 | |
| INSEE code | 44087 | |
Machecoul-Saint-Même ( Breton : Machikoul-Sant-Masen ) is a French municipality with 7473 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 Machecoul .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipality was formed as Commune nouvelle by merging the former municipalities of Machecoul and Saint-Même-le-Tenu .
geography
Machecoul-Saint-Même is located about 32 kilometers southwest of Nantes in the Pays de Retz countryside . Machecoul-Saint-Même is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villeneuve-en-Retz and Sainte-Pazanne in the north, Saint-Mars-de-Coutais and Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais in the Northeast, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu and La Marne in the east, Paulx in the south and south-east and Bois-de-Céné in the south and west.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
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| Machecoul (seat) | 44087 | 66.62 | 6,201 |
| Saint-Même-le-Tenu | 44181 | 18.27 | 1,192 |
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7,267 |
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Attractions
In Saint-Même-le-Tenu
- Saint-Maxime church
- Les Trois Boisselets castle from the 18th century
- La Grosse Roche castle from the 18th century
- La Petite Roche and Rucherie castles from the 19th century
- Le Pin Castle
- 19th century L'Hermitage castle, demolished around 1960
- Le Branday Castle built in the 19th century on the walls of an earlier fortress from the 14th century
- Bois Foucaud Castle from the 18th century
- Villa Lavau
Personalities
- Mickaël Landreau (* 1979), soccer goalkeeper
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the German community of Ühlingen-Birkendorf in Baden-Württemberg since 1973.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016