Saint-Léger-les-Vignes
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Saint-Léger-les-Vignes Sant-Lezer-ar-Gwiniegi |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Rezé-1 | |
| Community association | Nantes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ′ N , 1 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 0-29 m | |
| surface | 6.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,844 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 284 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44710 | |
| INSEE code | 44171 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-saintlegerlesvignes.fr/ | |
Saint-Léger-les-Vignes ( Breton : Sant-Lezer-ar-Gwiniegi ) is a French municipality with 1,844 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Saint-Léger-les-Vignes belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and is part of the canton of Rezé-1 (until 2015: canton of Bouaye ). The inhabitants are called Légériens .
geography
Saint-Léger-les-Vignes is located about 15 kilometers southwest of Nantes in the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine-growing region ; Muscadet is mainly produced here. The Acheneau , into which the Tenu flows here, flows along the southern municipal boundary . Saint-Léger-les-Vignes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brains in the north, Bouaye in the east, Saint-Mars-de-Coutais in the south and Port-Saint-Père in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 451 | 451 | 484 | 721 | 946 | 1,158 | 1,375 | 1,540 |
Attractions
- Saint-Léger ( St. Leodegar ) church from the 19th century
- Villa du Châtelier, mansion, restored from 1830 to 1834, monument historique since 1997
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 178-181.
