Malville
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Malville Kerwall |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Blain | |
| Community association | Estuaire et Sillon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 52 ′ W | |
| height | 1-89 m | |
| surface | 31.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,463 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 111 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44750 | |
| INSEE code | 44089 | |
| Website | http://www.malville.fr/ | |
 Malville City Hall |
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Malville ( Breton : Kerwall ) is a French municipality with 3463 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 Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Blain (until 2015: canton of Savenay ). The inhabitants are called Malvillois .
geography
Malville is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Nantes in the swampy area north of the Loire estuary. Malville is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fay-de-Bretagne in the north and east, Le Temple-de-Bretagne in the east and south-east, Cordemais in the south, Bouée in the south-west and Savenay in the west.
Route Nationale 165 runs through the municipality .
history
The occupation by German troops in World War II lasted beyond the war in Malville: the place next to the neighboring towns was not handed over until May 11, 1945.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 887 | 842 | 1,020 | 2,085 | 2,860 | 2,974 | 3,063 | 3,252 |
Attractions
- Sainte-Catherine church
- Ruins of the Goust Castle, the first ownership of the castle is documented in 1370 (Jeanne d'Ussé, Lady of Montjean), razed in 1627/28 on the orders of Cardinal Richelieu, Monument historique since 2008
Sainte-Catherine church
Ruins of the Goust Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1265-1267.
