La Chapelle-des-Marais (; Gallo: ''La Chapèll-dez-Marèsc'', ) is a commune in the

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

department in western

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.La Chapelle-des-Marais is located 25 km north of

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...

, 42 km south of

Redon Redon (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments. It is situated at the junction of ...

, 57 km east of

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and 67 km west of

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. The neighboring municipalities of La Chapelle-des-Marais are

Herbignac Herbignac (; Gallo: ''Èrbinyac'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also * Château de Ranrouët *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The followin ...

Saint-Joachim Saint-Joachim (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is in the centre of the Brière marsh, and comprises a group of "islands" within the marsh. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique depar ...

Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne (, literally '' Saint Regina of Brittany''; ) 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 ...

and

Missillac Missillac (; Gallo: ''Misilhac'', Breton: ''Merzhelieg'') is a commune located in the department of Loire-Atlantique in western France. Geography Missillac is located at the northwestern edge of Loire-Atlantique at the limit of the Morbih ...

History

The territory of La Chapelle-des-Marais commune has two distinct parts: the "mainland" where the village developed and which is home to some "small villages" and the marsh surrounding the Mayun peninsula and the twin islands of Camer-Camerun. In 1846, the region had 1,900 inhabitants. Two-thirds of them worked and lived in the two large villages of Mayun and Camer-Camerun. With 330 inhabitants, the Bourg only gathered 17% of the total population. It contained the church, the school, and the few services and businesses necessary for the economic and social life of a territory whose main activities were related to agriculture. The village is twinned with the village of Ingleton in

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The

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has one

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team,

FC La Chapelle-des-Marais Football Club de La Chapelle-des-Marais is a French association football club founded in 1989. They are based in the town of La Chapelle-des-Marais, Loire-Atlantique and their home stadium is the Stade Municipal de la Perriere. As of the 2009&nda ...

, playing in Group H of the

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, the 5th division of the

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. They play in

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, and

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. They were founded in 1989 and play at the Stade Municipal de la Perriere.

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