Treffieux

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Treffieux
Treffieux coat of arms
Treffieux (France)
Treffieux
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton Guémené-Penfao
Community association Nozay
Coordinates 47 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W
height 19-54 m
surface 19.12 km 2
Residents 883 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44170
INSEE code
Website http://www.treffieux.fr/

Treffieux town hall

Treffieux ( Breton : Trefieg ) is a French municipality with 883 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 Châteaubriant-Ancenis and the canton of Guémené-Penfao (until 2015: canton of Nozay ). The inhabitants are called Treffiolais .

geography

Treffieux is about 18 kilometers southwest of Châteaubriant am Don , a tributary of the Vilaine . Treffieux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Vincent-des-Landes in the north, Issé in the east, Abbaretz in the south and south-east, Nozay in the south and south-west and Jans in the west.

The former route nationale 171 (today's D771) crosses the municipality.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 776 700 688 629 626 618 703 824
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Menhir from La Bazinais
  • Saint-Grégoire church, built around 1880
  • La Fleuriais Chapel, built in the 16th century
  • 19th century mansion La Fleuriais
  • Bégly Castle
  • 19th century windmill

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 835-839.

Web links

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