Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
Canton | Pontchâteau | |
Community association | Pays de Pontchâteau Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ W | |
height | 0-37 m | |
surface | 19.73 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,374 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 120 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 44160 | |
INSEE code | 44189 | |
Website | http://www.sainte-reine-de-bretagne.fr/ |
Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne ( Breton : Santez-Rouanez-Breizh ) is a French municipality with 2374 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 Saint-Nazaire and the canton of Pontchâteau . The inhabitants are called Reinois .
geography
Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne is located about 25 kilometers north of Saint-Nazaire in the Brière countryside . Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Missilac in the north, Pontchâteau in the east, Crossac in the south and south-east, Saint-Joachim in the south and south-west and La Chapelle-des-Marais in the west and north-west.
Route nationale 165 runs along the north-eastern edge of the municipality .
Population development
year | Residents |
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1962 | 1,260 |
1968 | 1,303 |
1975 | 1,497 |
1982 | 1,768 |
1990 | 1,779 |
1999 | 1,682 |
2006 | 1,789 |
2012 | 2,202 |
- ↑ INSEE: Population development of Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne 1962–2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INSEE: Population 2012
Personalities
- René Guy Cadou (1920–1951), poet
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 944-947.