Saint-Viaud
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Saint-Viaud Sant-Widel-Skovrid |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins | |
| Community association | South Estuaire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 2 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 0-51 m | |
| surface | 32.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,510 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44320 | |
| INSEE code | 44192 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-viaud.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Viaud |
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Saint-Viaud ( Breton : Sant-Widel-Skovrid ) is a French municipality with 2510 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Saint-Viaud belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire and is part of the canton of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (until 2015: canton of Saint-Père-en-Retz ). The inhabitants are called vitaliens .
geography
Saint-Viaud is located about 35 kilometers west of Nantes in the historic Pays de Retz landscape on the Loire estuary . The Canal Maritime de la Basse Loire runs along the northern edge of the municipality . Saint-Viaud is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Frossay in the north and east, Chaumes-en-Retz in the south-east, Chauvé in the south, Saint-Père-en-Retz in the west and Paimbœuf in the north-west.
The former route nationale 723 (today's D723) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 1,488 | 1,508 | 1,359 | 1,576 | 1,713 | 1,840 | 2,046 | 2,264 |
Attractions
- Church, built around 1850
- Le Mazure Castle
- Plessis-Mareil Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 1207-1209.
