Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte
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Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte Sant-Stefan-Melveurzh |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Machecoul | |
| Community association | Sud Retz Atlantique | |
| 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 | 44157 | |
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 |
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| Residents | 1,195 | 1,174 | 1,210 | 1,169 | 1,078 | 995 | 1,041 | 1.003 | 1,231 | 1,590 |
Attractions
- 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
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.
