Petit Mars
Petit-Mars Kervac'h |
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
Canton | Nort-sur-Erdre | |
Community association | Erdre et Gesvres | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ′ N , 1 ° 27 ′ W | |
height | 2-42 m | |
surface | 25.97 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,601 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 139 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44390 | |
INSEE code | 44122 | |
Website | http://www.petitmars.fr/ | |
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Petit-Mars ( Breton : Kervac'h ) is a French municipality with 3601 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Petit-Mars belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Nort-sur-Erdre . The inhabitants are called Marsien (ne) s .
geography
Petit-Mars is about 25 kilometers northeast of Nantes . The Erdre River limits the municipality to the west. Petit-Mars is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Touches in the north, Ligné in the east, Saint-Mars-du-Désert in the south and southeast, Sucé-sur-Erdre in the southwest and Nort-sur-Erdre in the west.
The former route nationale 178 (today's D178) runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 1,062 | 1,086 | 1,204 | 1,800 | 2,309 | 2,438 | 3,269 | 3,520 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre Church, built between 1878 and 1900
- Calvaire
- Ponthus Castle from the 18th / 19th centuries Century z. Partly built in the area of the former castle
- Mansions Breil, Le Breil and La Pommeraye
- Numerous old houses
- Old mills
- hippodrome
Personalities
- Kevin Staut (* 1980), show jumper whose horses come from the local Haras de Hus stud
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 797-800.
Web links
Commons : Petit-Mars - collection of images, videos and audio files