Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons Sant-Eler-Kaleon |
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
Canton | Machecoul | |
Community association | Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 52 ′ W | |
height | 1–32 m | |
surface | 34.98 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,287 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44680 | |
INSEE code | 44164 | |
Website | http://www.saint-hilaire-de-chaleons.fr/ |
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons ( Breton : Sant-Eler-Kaleon ) is a French municipality with 2287 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 is part of the canton of Machecoul (until 2015: canton of Bourgneuf-en-Retz ). The inhabitants are called Chaléonnais .
geography
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons is located about 26 kilometers southwest of Nantes in the Pays de Retz countryside . Here the wine is produced in the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais growing area . Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chaumes-en-Retz (formerly Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré ) in the north, Rouans in the northeast, Sainte-Pazanne in the east, Villeneuve-en-Retz (formerly Bourgneuf-en -Retz and Fresnay-en-Retz ) in the south and Pornic in the west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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1,304 | 1.311 | 1,255 | 1,362 | 1,333 | 1,551 | 1,791 | 2.136 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Hilaire church
- Calvaires in the cemetery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 208-209.