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Geneston
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  Geneston  Geneston | |
| Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 1°30′41″W / 47.0564°N 1.5114°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu |
| Intercommunality | Grand Lieu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Karine Paviza [1] |
| Area 1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 3,697 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
44223 /44140 |
| Elevation | 14–39 m (46–128 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geneston (French pronunciation: [ʒənɛtɔ̃]; Gallo: Jeneston or Jnéton, Breton: Banaleg-ar-Gevred) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
The commune was created in 1954 from part of the commune of Montbert. [3]
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Twin towns - Sister cities
Geneston is twinned with:
Personalities
- Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), architect
- Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), monk in the Marquesas Islands.
- Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), active in the Resistance during World War II
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Geneston, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Histoire" (in French). Commune of Geneston. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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Geneston
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Commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Geneston Geneston | |
| Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 1°30′41″W / 47.0564°N 1.5114°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu |
| Intercommunality | Grand Lieu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Karine Paviza [1] |
| Area 1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)
[2] | 3,697 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
44223 /44140 |
| Elevation | 14–39 m (46–128 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geneston (French pronunciation: [ʒənɛtɔ̃]; Gallo: Jeneston or Jnéton, Breton: Banaleg-ar-Gevred) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
The commune was created in 1954 from part of the commune of Montbert. [3]
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| Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twin towns - Sister cities
Geneston is twinned with:
Personalities
- Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), architect
- Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), monk in the Marquesas Islands.
- Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), active in the Resistance during World War II
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Geneston, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Histoire" (in French). Commune of Geneston. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Geneston.
| Authority control databases: National |
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| This Loire-Atlantique geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |