Mesquer
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Guérande | |
| Community association | Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ W | |
| height | 0-34 m | |
| surface | 16.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,941 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44420 | |
| INSEE code | 44097 | |
| Website | http://www.mesquerquimiac.fr/ | |
Mesquer ( Breton Mesker ; Gallo : Messqér ) is a French municipality with 1941 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Mesquer belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Guérande . The inhabitants are called mesquerais .
geography
Mesquer is located on the Atlantic coast (Bay of Biscay) on the Guérande peninsula with numerous salt marshes ( Marais ). Mesquer is surrounded by the neighboring communities Assérac in the north and northeast (on the opposite side of the Marais Salants), Saint-Molf in the east, La Turballe in the south and Piriac-sur-Mer in the southwest.
The larger district of Quimiac also belongs to the municipality . The community is therefore partly named with the name Mesquer-Quimiac .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,034 | 1,019 | 1,015 | 1,201 | 1,372 | 1,473 | 1,658 | 1,759 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
- Notre-Dame chapel in Kercabellec from 1949
- Saint-Louis Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 434-437.
