Touvois
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Touvois Tolvez |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu | |
| Community association | Sud Retz Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 54 ′ N , 1 ° 41 ′ W | |
| height | 18-61 m | |
| surface | 39.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,828 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44650 | |
| INSEE code | 44206 | |
| Website | http://www.touvois.fr | |
 Corcoué-sur-Logne town hall |
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Touvois ( Breton : Tolvez , Gallo : Tovoéz ) is a commune with 1,828 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Administratively it belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and is part of the canton of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (until 2015: canton of Legé ). The inhabitants are called Touvoisien (ne) s .
geography
Touvois is located about 36 kilometers south-southwest of Nantes in the Pays de Retz . Touvois is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte in the north and north-west, Corcoué-sur-Logne in the north and north-east, Legé in the east, Grand'Landes in the south-east, Falleron in the south and south-west and Froidfond in the west and Southwest.
The Gros Plant du Pays Nantais , Muscadet and Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu wine-growing regions extend into the municipality.
The former route nationale 753 (today's D753) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,542 | 1,497 | 1,409 | 1,362 | 1,340 | 1,302 | 1,425 | 1,713 |
Attractions
- Church of Touvois
- Chapel of Fréligné from the 12th / 13th centuries century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 495-501.
