Saint-Mars-du-Désert (Loire-Atlantique)
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Saint-Mars-du-Désert Sant-Marzh-an-Dezerzh |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Nort-sur-Erdre | |
| Community association | Erdre et Gesvres | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 24 ′ W | |
| height | 3–77 m | |
| surface | 30.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,899 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 161 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44850 | |
| INSEE code | 44179 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-mars-du-desert.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Saint-Mars-du-Désert |
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Saint-Mars-du-Desert ( Breton : Sant-Marzh-to-Deserzh ) is a French municipality with 4899 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Saint-Mars-du-Désert belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Nort-sur-Erdre . The inhabitants are called Marsien (ne) s .
geography
Saint-Mars-du-Désert is located about twenty kilometers northeast of Nantes near the Marais de Saint-Mars wetland , which extends on the left bank of the Erdre River. Saint-Mars-du-Désert is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Petit-Mars in the north and north-west, Ligné in the north and north-east, Le Cellier in the east and south-east, Mauves-sur-Loire in the south, Carquefou in the south and south-west and Sucé-sur -Earth in the west.
The former Route nationale 178 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,645 | 1,716 | 2,033 | 2,831 | 3.127 | 3,407 | 3,985 | 4,048 |
Attractions
- Saint-Médard Church, built between 1849 and 1870
- Predigerhaus, built in 1450, rebuilt in 1739 and in the 19th century
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste Chapel, built in the 17th century, rebuilt in 1879
- Calvaire
- 19th century Perray Castle
- La Rimbertière castle from the 19th century
- Yonnières castle from the 18th century with park and chapel from the 19th century
- Valinière mansion from the 17th century
- Large and small mills as well as the Ceriseraie mill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 800-803.
