Mouais
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Mouais Lanvoe |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Guémené-Penfao | |
| Community association | Châteaubriant-Derval | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ W | |
| height | 9-61 m | |
| surface | 9.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 385 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44590 | |
| INSEE code | 44105 | |
| Website | http://www.mouais.fr/ | |
 City Hall (Mairie) of Mouais |
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Mouais ( Breton : Lanvoe ) is a French municipality with 385 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Guémené-Penfao (until 2015: canton of Derval ). The inhabitants are called Mouaisiens .
geography
Mouais is located about 53 kilometers north-northwest of Nantes on the river Chère . Mouais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grand-Fougeray in the north and west, La Dominelais in the north and northeast, Sion-les-Mines in the east, Lusanger in the southeast and Derval in the south.
Route nationale 137 runs through the west of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 377 | 356 | 331 | 302 | 280 | 259 | 328 | 390 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 11th century
- Saint-Marcellin Chapel
- Windmill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 380-382.
Web links
Commons : Mouais - collection of images, videos and audio files
