Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population ...
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département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
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Geography
Sautron is located 10 km north west of
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 inhabit ...
, close to the Nantes-Vannes expressway.
Surrounding communes are Vigneux-de-Bretagne,
Orvault
Orvault (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and is adjacent to it on the northwest.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department ...
,
Saint-Herblain
Saint-Herblain (; br, Sant-Ervlan, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire (Brittany as historical region), France.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and lies adjacent to its we ...
and
Couëron
Couëron (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is part of the historic French Brittany.
Couëron is one of the 24 communes of the Nantes Métropole.
Geography
Physical geography
Couëron is located 10 m ...
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According to the classification established by INSEE, Sautron is a ''commune urbaine'' (urban commune), one of 22 communes in the suburban area of Nantes.
Population
Sites and monuments
Image:Sautron église.jpg, The church
Image:Sautron Les Croix.jpg, The Château des Croix
Image:Sautron ND Bongarant.jpg, Chapelle de Bongarant