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Acheneau
The Acheneau is a French river in the Loire-Atlantique Department, in the Pays de la Loire region, a tributary on the left bank of the Loire which is fed by the Lac de Grand-Lieu. Geography Beginning at the north of the Lac de Grand-Lieu, the Acheneau is joined from the south by the at Saint-Léger-les-Vignes. After passing through Port-Saint-Père, it passes Cheix-en-Retz and the confluence of the Blanche, also from the south, then reaches the outskirts of Rouans, from which it takes the 4 km route of the Buzay canal which, after crossing the , joins the Loire at the end of a 29.8 km route. Before the construction of the Buzay canal, the current “Vue étier” formed its natural course between Vue (source) and Rouans (confluence). Municipalities and cantons crossed Entirely in the department of Loire-Atlantique, the Acheneau crosses the nine municipalities of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (origin), Bouaye, Saint-Mars-de-Coutais, Saint-Léger-les-Vignes, Port-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche (Loire-Atlantique)
The Blanche is a tributary of the left bank of the Acheneau and thus a sub-tributary of the Loire. Etymology The name, Blanche, meaning white in French, is thought to derive from the presence of white chalk in the water from the lime kilns around Arthon-en-Retz. Another hypothesis is that the name derives from the white mist over its related marshland. Geography La Blanche is located entirely in the Pays de Retz, south of the Loire in the department of Loire-Atlantique. It covers the municipalities of Chaumes-en-Retz ( Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré), Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons, Cheix-en-Retz and Rouans. Hydrography The Blanche basin is bordered by the Acheneau basins to the north, the to the east, the Falleron to the south and the Canal de Haute Perche The Haute Perche Canal (french: Canal de Haute Perche), despite its title, is a natural river, the , that has been slightly canalised to improve navigation between its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the port town of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac De Grand-Lieu
Lac de Grand-Lieu () is a lake located to the southwest of Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique, France, and almost entirely in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu. At an elevation of , its surface area is , making it the largest lake in France in winter, but second after Lac du Bourget in summer. The lake is classified as a Local Nature Reserve, and use of boats on the lake are prohibited for all but a small number of licensed professional fishermen. Tourism Due to the lake classification, as a protected area, its access is restricted. Navigation on the lake is prohibited; only seven professional fishermen have been granted specific authorisation to do so. Because of its shallow topography, and its wild vegetation, the lake is difficult to access. Except during the winter floods, it is only accessible from a few locations, such as at Bouaye in the north, at Pierre Aigüe in Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu and la Chevrolière in the east. For visitors, a museum has been created to present the lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brains, Loire-Atlantique
Brains (; br, Brenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.Commune de Brains (44024) INSEE The commune is a part of historical , in the traditional region of Retz, and in the historical region of . Geography Brains is located between the and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Saint-Père
Port-Saint-Père (; br, Porzh-Pêr) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography Port-Saint-Père is situated on the west bank of the Acheneau, northwest of the Lac de Grand-Lieu. Population Sights * Planète Sauvage, safari park Transport Port-Saint-Père-Saint-Mars station is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita .... See also * Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department References Communes of Loire-Atlantique Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the southeastern quarter of the French Massif Central in the Cévennes range (in the department of Ardèche) at near Mont Gerbier de Jonc; it flows north through Nevers to Orléans, then west through Tours and Nantes until it reaches the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) at Saint-Nazaire. Its main tributaries include the rivers Nièvre, Maine and the Erdre on its right bank, and the rivers Allier, Cher, Indre, Vienne, and the Sèvre Nantaise on the left bank. The Loire gives its name to six departments: Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, and Saône-et-Loire. The lower-central swathe of its valley straddling the Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire regions was added t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (; br, Sant-Filberzh-Deaz) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is about 400 km southwest of Paris, via Chartres, Le Mans, Angers, and Nantes. The town is twinned with the Welsh suburb of Radyr in Cardiff, Wales's Capital. Population Related persons Vicomte Bertrand Jochaud du Plessix, a lieutenant in the Free French Forces, reposes in the local cemetery. He died along with three comrades on 30 June 1940 when they were shot down by the Spanish while attempting to land their aircraft in Gibraltar. He was first buried at Gibraltar, and was reinterred in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu. He was awarded Compagnon de la Libération posthumously in May 1941. His daughter is the American writer Francine du Plessix Gray Francine du Plessix Gray (September 25, 1930 – January 13, 2019), was a French-American Pulitzer Prize–nominated writer and literary critic. Early life and education She was born on Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouaye
Bouaye ( or ; br, Bouez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population Transport Bouaye station is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official site Communes of Loire-Atlantique {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais
Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (; br, Sant-Marzh-ar-C'hoad) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Transport Gare de Port-Saint-Père-Saint-Mars is served by train services between Pornic, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintmarsdecoutais {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments ( departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in more than one canton, since the cantons – in marked contrast to the communes, which have between more than two million i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Granville
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowadays a ''château'' may be any stately residence built in a French style; the term is additionally often used for a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France. Definition The word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word ''château'' denotes buildings as diverse as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance palace and a fine 19th-century country house. Care should therefore be taken when translating the French word ''château'' into English, noting the nature of the building in question. Most French châteaux are "palaces" or fine "country houses" rather than "castles", and for these, the word "château" is appropriate in English. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vue, Loire-Atlantique
Vue (; br, Gwagenez) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Loire-Atlantique Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Rezé-1
The canton of Rezé-1 is an administrative division of the Loire-Atlantique department, western France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Rezé. It consists of the following communes: #Rezé (partly) #Bouaye # Bouguenais #Brains The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head ( cephalization), usually near organs for special ... # Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu # Saint-Léger-les-Vignes References Cantons of Loire-Atlantique {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
