Vay (Loire-Atlantique)

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Vay
Vay Coat of Arms
Vay (France)
Vay
region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton Guémené-Penfao
Community association Nozay
Coordinates 47 ° 30 ′  N , 1 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′  N , 1 ° 42 ′  W
height 21-96 m
surface 36.13 km 2
Residents 2,046 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 44170
INSEE code 44214
Website http://www.vay.fr/

Vay Town Hall

Vay ( Breton : Gwez ) is a French municipality with 2046 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 Vayens .

geography

Vay is about 30 kilometers southwest of Châteaubriant . Vay is surrounded by the neighboring communities Marsac-sur-Don in the north, Nozay in the east, La Grigonnais in the south and south-east, Blain in the south and south-west and Le Gâvre in the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,293 1,219 1,099 1,119 1,122 1,227 1,725 2.012
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Menhir La Drouetterie
  • Saint-Pierre church, built at the end of the 19th century
  • Saint-Germain Chapel, built in the 13th century, alterations until the 15th century
  • La Cineraye mansion
  • Mill on Lake Clégreuc
  • town hall

  • Menhir from La Drouetterie

  • Saint-Pierre church

  • Saint Germain Chapel

  • Mill on Lake Clégreuc

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 839-843.

Web links

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