Sautron
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Sautron Saotron |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Saint-Herblain-1 | |
| Community association | Nantes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 ′ N , 1 ° 40 ′ W | |
| height | 25-80 m | |
| surface | 17.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,192 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 474 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44880 | |
| INSEE code | 44194 | |
| Website | http://www.sautron.fr/ | |
 Sautron town hall |
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Sautron ( Breton Saotron ) is a French municipality with 8192 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the northwestern outskirts of Nantes in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Sautron belongs to the arrondissement of Nantes and the canton of Saint-Herblain-1 . The inhabitants call themselves Sautronnais (es) .
geography
Sautron is about ten kilometers northwest of Nantes on the Cens River . Sautron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vigneux-de-Bretagne in the north, Orvault in the east, Saint-Herblain in the southeast, Couëron in the south and Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc in the west.
Route nationale 165 , which merges into the A82 car route , runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 1,216 | 1,333 | 2,849 | 4,692 | 6,026 | 6,818 | 6,809 | 6,945 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- church
- Notre-Dame de Bongarant chapel, construction started in the first quarter of the 15th century, finished in the 16th century, monument historique since 1969
- Château des Croix
Château des Croix
church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 856-860.
Web links
Commons : Sautron - collection of images, videos and audio files
