Sucé-sur-Erdre
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | |
| Community association | Erdre et Gesvres | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ W | |
| height | 2-47 m | |
| surface | 41.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,023 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 170 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44240 | |
| INSEE code | 44201 | |
 Saint-Etienne church |
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Sucé-sur-Erdre (Breton: Sulieg ) is a French municipality with 7023 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire .
geography
Sucé-sur-Erdre is located about 15 kilometers north of Nantes on the banks of the Erdre River . The community has a port on the river that extends a few kilometers north to Lac de Mazerolles , on the west bank of which the 11.3 km² moor of Mazerolles begins.
history
The name of the community, first mentioned in the 10th century, comes from the Latin sulcus , in German a furrow , and from the Celtic Erdam , which means small river .
Sucé was a stronghold of Calvinist preachers in the 16th and 17th centuries . Under Charles IX. During the First Huguenot War, Huguenots , who were banned from practicing their religion in Nantes , retreated to Sucé and built a fortified meeting place there, of which only the Tour Gaillard remains today . The Bishop of Nantes ordered its destruction in 1677.
Since the early 1970s, Sucé-sur-Erdre has seen above-average population growth. In 1973 the community was renamed Sucé-sur-Erdre.
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| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1696 | 2346 | 4135 | 4806 | 5868 | 6141 | 7023 |
Attractions
The Château de Launay, with its remarkable facade and roof, is classified as an Inscrit Monument Historique .
Community partnerships
Sucé-sur-Erdre has a partnership with Kleinblittersdorf in Saarland .
traffic
The place has a train station on the Nantes – Châteaubriant railway line .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 248-253.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cartesfrance.fr - Historique de la population de Sucé-sur-Erdre de 1968 à 2007 , accessed on May 20, 2019
