Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine

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Coordinates: 47°08′39″N 1°24′56″W / 47.1441666667, -1.41555555556

Commune of Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine
Location
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine (France)
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Vertou-Vignoble
Intercommunality Sèvre, Maine et Goulaine
Mayor Jean-Yves Lecoq
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 2 m–53 m
(avg. 53 m)
Land area¹ 5,97 km²
Population²
(2 007)		 1147
 - Density 166/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 44159/ 44690
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine is a French commune situated on Loire-Atlantique and on the Pays de la Loire.

The inhabitants are Fiacrais or Fiacraises

Situated in 15 mn of Nantes, Saint-Fiacre is in the middle of the vines of muscadet, between Sèvre nantaise and Maine

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[edit] Geography

Saint-Fiacre-Sur-Maine in Loire-Atlantique
Saint-Fiacre-Sur-Maine in Loire-Atlantique
  • More of 80% of this village is cover of vines, that's why it is the winer village in France. There are nearly 35 vine growers who exports until in the United States.

[edit] Histoire

Created on the VIth century "Saint-Hilaire-du-Coing" (Sanctus Hilarius del Cugno), which become Saint-Fiacre-du-Coing (and Saint-Fiacre) on the XVIth Century because of pilgrimage.

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Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine

[edit] Jumelage

Saint Fiacre sur Maine has town twinning agreement with

Change in Population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
636 651 761 935 935 996 1147


[edit] Famous people born in Saint-Fiacre

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