Sévérac
Sévérac Severeg |
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
Canton | Pontchâteau | |
Community association | Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 33 ′ N , 2 ° 5 ′ W | |
height | 0-71 m | |
surface | 22.41 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,627 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44530 | |
INSEE code | 44196 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-severac.fr/ | |
![]() Town hall (Mairie) of Sévérac |
Sévérac ( Breton Severeg ) is a French municipality with 1627 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 Pontchâteau (until 2015: canton of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois ). The inhabitants are called Sévéracais .
geography
Sévérac is located about 31 kilometers north-northeast of Saint-Nazaire on the salt marshes of Fégréac. The Isac and the Canal de Nantes à Brest run along the northern edge of the municipality . Sévérac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fégréac in the north and north-west, Guenrouet in the east and south-east, Saint-Gildas-des-Bois in the south, Missillac in the south-west and Théhillac in the west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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1,440 | 1,273 | 1,238 | 1,290 | 1,318 | 1,192 | 1,394 | 1,640 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Menhirs, see: Le Fuseau de Berthe
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Chapel at Le Rocher-de-la-Vache
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1079-1083.