Monnières (Loire-Atlantique)
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Monnières Meliner |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Clisson | |
| Community association | Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ W | |
| height | 2-61 m | |
| surface | 9.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,239 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 229 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44690 | |
| INSEE code | 44100 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-monnieres.fr/ | |
Monnières ( Breton : Meliner ; Gallo : Monierr ) is a French municipality with 2239 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 the canton of Clisson . The inhabitants are called Monnièrois .
geography
Monnières is about 18 kilometers south-east of Nantes . The Sèvre Nantaise river , into which the Sanguèze flows here, limits the municipality in the northeast. Monnières is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Le Pallet in the north and northeast, Gorges in the east and southeast, Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson in the south and Maisdon-sur-Sèvre in the west.
The community belongs to the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine-growing region . Mainly the Muscadet is produced here.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 953 | 941 | 1,019 | 1,235 | 1,379 | 1,543 | 1,714 | 1.933 |
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Attractions
- Church of Sainte-Radegonde, Romanesque church building from the 11th century with additions from the 15th and 17th centuries
- Windmills
Personalities
- Jean Meschinot (1420–1491), Breton poet
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 314-317.
