Saint-Mars-de-Coutais
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Nantes | |
Canton | Machecoul | |
Community association | Sud Retz Atlantique | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 7 ′ N , 1 ° 44 ′ W | |
height | 0-38 m | |
surface | 34.67 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,610 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44680 | |
INSEE code | 44178 | |
Website | http://www.saintmarsdecoutais.fr/ |
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais ( Breton : Sant-Marzh-ar-C'hoad ) is a French municipality with 2610 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire and part of the Canton of Machecoul . Saint-Mars-de-Coutais is part of the Nantes arrondissement . The inhabitants are called Saint-Marins .
geography
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais is located in the countryside of the Pays de Retz on the banks of the Tenu River , which also forms the northwestern municipal boundary. Saint-Mars-de-Coutais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Port-Saint-Père and Saint-Léger-les-Vignes in the north, Bouaye in the northeast, and Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu in the east with the Lac de Grand-Lieu , Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais in the south and south-east, Machecoul-Saint-Même in the south and south-west and Sainte-Pazanne in the west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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1,235 | 1,231 | 1,266 | 1,518 | 1,744 | 1,859 | 2,404 | 2,558 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Mars-de-Coutais castle from the 15th century, monument historique since 1982
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 566-570.