La Chapelle-Glain

La Chapelle-Glain

The church in La Chapelle-Glain

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La Chapelle-Glain

Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 1°11′45″W / 47.6239°N 1.1958°W / 47.6239; -1.1958Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 1°11′45″W / 47.6239°N 1.1958°W / 47.6239; -1.1958
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Châteaubriant
Canton Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes
Intercommunality Castelbriantais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Michel Poupard
Area1 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 824
  Density 24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 44031 / 44670
Elevation 46–99 m (151–325 ft)
Website www.cc-castelbriantais.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Chapelle-Glain is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Geography

La Chapelle-Glain is 31 km north of Ancenis, 55 km west of Angers, 66 km north-west of Nantes and 85 km south of Rennes.

The bordering communes are Juigné-des-Moutiers, Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes, Petit-Auverné, Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and Le Pin in Loire-Atlantique, and Challain-la-Potherie and Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in the neighboring department of the Maine-et-Loire.

Monuments and sights

See also

References

  1. Ministry of Culture: Château de la Motte-Glain (French)
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