Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte

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Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte
Sant-Stefan-Melveurzh
Coat of arms of Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte (France)
Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Machecoul
Community association Sud Retz Atlantique
Coordinates 46 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 44 ′  W
height 9-47 m
surface 35.92 km 2
Residents 1,733 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44270
INSEE code

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Saint-Étienne-de-Mer- Morte ( Breton : Sant-Stefan-Melveurzh ) is a French municipality with 1733 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and the Canton of Machecoul . The inhabitants are called Stéphanois .

geography

Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte is located on the border of the Pays de Retz and Pays de Nantais landscapes about 30 kilometers southwest of Nantes . The Tenu River limits the community in the northeast. Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Marne in the north, La Limouzinière in the north-east, Corcoué-sur-Logne in the east, Touvois in the south and south-east, Froidfond in the south and south-west, La Garnache in the south-west and Paulx in the west and northwest.

Population development

year 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,195 1,174 1,210 1,169 1,078 995 1,041 1.003 1,231 1,590

Attractions

Bell tower
  • Saint-Étienne church from 1885 with the free-standing bell tower of the earlier Romanesque church from the 12th century
  • Remains of the castle
  • Calvaires
Saint-Etienne church

Community partnerships

Partnerships with the German municipality of Ühlingen-Birkendorf in Baden-Württemberg and the British municipality of Shifnal in Shropshire (England).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 561-566.

Web links

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