Sainte-Pazanne

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Sainte-Pazanne
Santez-Pezhenn
Coat of arms of Sainte-Pazanne
Sainte-Pazanne (France)
Sainte-Pazanne
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Machecoul
Community association Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Coordinates 47 ° 6 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 6 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  W
height 0-41 m
surface 41.56 km 2
Residents 6,774 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 163 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44680
INSEE code
Website http://www.sainte-pazanne.fr/

Town hall of Sainte-Pazanne

Sainte-Pazanne is a French municipality with 6774 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 Nantes and the Canton of Machecoul (until 2015: Canton Le Pellerin ). The inhabitants are called Pazenais (es) .

geography

Sainte-Pazanne is located about 28 kilometers southwest of Nantes . Sainte-Pazanne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Port-Saint-Père in the north, Saint-Mars-de-Coutais in the east, Machecoul-Saint-Même in the south and south-east, Villeneuve-en-Retz in the south and south-west and Saint-Hilaire- de-Chaléons to the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 2,439 2,527 2,645 2,940 3.159 3,448 4,758 5,651

Attractions

  • Neolithic dolmen de la Salle des Fées , monument historique since 1889
  • Notre-Dame church, built between 1877 and 1898, monument historique since 2007
  • Notre-Dame des Écomard chapel, cemetery chapel from 1874, donated by the Écomard family
  • Durasserie Castle, former abbey from the 12th century, converted into a mansion in the 16th century
  • Moulin Henriet Castle
  • Favrie Castle from the 18th century
  • Ennerie Castle from the 18th century
  • Castle of the Ardennes from 1763/64
  • 18th century courthouse
  • 18th century mansion Plauderie
  • Glycinnes Manor, built in 1860
  • Sainte-Anne house from 1890
  • Entrance building of the station
Notre-Dame church

Community partnerships

There are partnerships with the German community of Mertingen in Swabia (Bavaria) and the British community of Harrold in Bedfordshire (England) .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 910-912.

Web links

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