La Chapelle-des-Marais
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La Chapelle-des-Marais
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| Coordinates: 47°26′53″N 2°14′25″W / 47.4481°N 2.2403°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Guérande |
| Intercommunality | CA Région Nazairienne et Estuaire |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Franck Hervy[1] |
Area 1 | 18.05 km2 (6.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,492 |
| • Density | 248.9/km2 (644.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44030 /44410 |
| Elevation | 0–11 m (0–36 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Chapelle-des-Marais (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl de maʁɛ] ⓘ; Gallo: La Chapèll-dez-Marèsc, Breton: Chapel-ar-Geunioù) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.La Chapelle-des-Marais is located 25 km north of Saint-Nazaire, 42 km south of Redon, 57 km east of Vannes and 67 km west of Nantes. The neighboring municipalities of La Chapelle-des-Marais are Herbignac, Saint-Joachim, Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne and Missillac.[3]
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.[4]
The village is twinned with the village of Ingleton in North Yorkshire.
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