Saffré
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Guémené-Penfao | |
| Community association | Nozay | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 17-78 m | |
| surface | 57.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,907 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44390 | |
| INSEE code | 44149 | |
| Website | http://www.saffre.fr/ | |
 The Isac at Saffré |
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Saffré is a French municipality with 3907 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of 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 Nozay ).
geography
The place is 35 kilometers north of Nantes , in the valley of the Isac river , which includes the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Bout de Bois , on the municipal border with La Chevallerais .
Neighboring municipalities of Saffré are Puceul , Abbaretz , Joué-sur-Erdre , Nort-sur-Erdre , Héric and La Chevallerais .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 2336 | 2320 | 2206 | 2492 | 2608 | 2678 | 3329 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of St-Pierre-St-Paul
- Saffré Castle
Parish Church of St-Pierre-St-Paul
Saffré Castle
Personalities
- The Irish O'Riordan family, Lords of Saffré in the 18th century
- Jacques Edmé Cottin (1754–1823), politician, died in Saffré
- François Fidèle Ripaud de Montaudevert (1755–1814), pirate, born in Saffré
Town twinning
- Winterton , Lincolnshire , England since 1993
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 830-834.
Web links
Commons : Saffré - collection of images, videos and audio files
