Sion-les-Mines
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Sion-les-Mines Hezin-ar-Mengleuzioù |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Guémené-Penfao | |
| Community association | Châteaubriant-Derval | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 17-88 m | |
| surface | 54.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,583 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44590 | |
| INSEE code | 44197 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-sionlesmines.fr/ | |
Sion-les-Mines ( Breton : Hezin-ar-Mengleuzioù ) is a French municipality with 1583 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Guémené-Penfao (until 2015: canton of Derval ). The inhabitants are called Sionnais .
geography
Sion-les-Mines is about 57 kilometers north of Nantes . Sion-les-Mines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes in the north, Ruffigné in the north and northeast, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux in the east, Lusanger in the south, Mouais in the southwest and La Dominelais in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 2,283 | 2,039 | 1,786 | 1,627 | 1,499 | 1,367 | 1,511 | 1,678 |
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Attractions
- Menhirs du calvaire, La Grée à Midi and Pierre-Pin
- Saint-Melanie church
- Saint-Éloi chapel
- La Masserie mansion
- Hut of the Hunaudières
church
La Masserie mansion
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 386-393.
Web links
Commons : Sion-les-Mines - collection of images, videos and audio files
