Ancenis
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Ancenis | ||
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Subprefecture and commune | ||
 From top to bottom, left to right: The Château d'Ancenis, the flags above the town hall, the town hall, the Ancenis Bridge, St. Peter's Church, the Halles in Ancenis, and a panoramic view of Ancenis. | ||
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Location of Ancenis | ||
  Ancenis Show map of France  Ancenis Show map of Pays de la Loire | ||
| Coordinates: 47°22′24″N 1°17′37″W / 47.3733°N 1.2936°W / 47.3733; -1.2936Coordinates: 47°22′24″N 1°17′37″W / 47.3733°N 1.2936°W / 47.3733; -1.2936 | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant-Ancenis | |
| Canton | Ancenis | |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Ancenis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .noboldfont-weight:normal (2014-2020) | Jean-Michel Tobie | |
| Area 1 | 20.07 km2 (7.75 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 7,461 | |
| • Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 44003 /44150 | |
| Elevation | 5–41 m (16–135 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Ancenis (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃s.ni]; Breton: Ankiniz) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
It played a great historical role as a key location on the road to Nantes (23 miles to the southwest), the historical capital of Brittany. It was named "the key of Brittany" [1] and the door of Brittany.
Contents
1 Population
2 Sights
3 Sport
4 Personalities
5 Twin towns
6 See also
7 References
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 3,295 | — |
| 1800 | 2,923 | −11.3% |
| 1806 | 2,945 | +0.8% |
| 1821 | 3,888 | +32.0% |
| 1831 | 3,749 | −3.6% |
| 1836 | 3,667 | −2.2% |
| 1841 | 3,802 | +3.7% |
| 1846 | 3,824 | +0.6% |
| 1851 | 3,689 | −3.5% |
| 1856 | 4,198 | +13.8% |
| 1861 | 4,628 | +10.2% |
| 1866 | 4,148 | −10.4% |
| 1872 | 4,358 | +5.1% |
| 1876 | 5,177 | +18.8% |
| 1881 | 5,361 | +3.6% |
| 1886 | 5,544 | +3.4% |
| 1891 | 5,141 | −7.3% |
| 1896 | 5,048 | −1.8% |
| 1901 | 5,199 | +3.0% |
| 1906 | 4,998 | −3.9% |
| 1911 | 5,013 | +0.3% |
| 1921 | 4,222 | −15.8% |
| 1926 | 3,942 | −6.6% |
| 1931 | 4,040 | +2.5% |
| 1936 | 4,149 | +2.7% |
| 1946 | 4,815 | +16.1% |
| 1954 | 5,050 | +4.9% |
| 1962 | 5,102 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 5,648 | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 6,997 | +23.9% |
| 1982 | 7,076 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 6,896 | −2.5% |
| 1999 | 7,009 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 7,407 | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 7,543 | +1.8% |
Sights
Château d'Ancenis, a medieval and Renaissance castle- The Loire river on which Ancenis is located (on the north bank)
Church of Saint Peter, 15-16-17th century
Chapel of the Ursulines- Chapel Notre-Dame de Délivrance
- Old quarter with mediaeval houses
Dolmen at Pierre-Couvretière
Sport
The soccer team is called RCA 44, (Racing Club D'Ancenis 44)
Personalities
Henri Ottmann, painter
Jordan Veretout, French footballer
William Louiron, footballer
Twin towns
Ancenis is twinned with the town of Kirkham, in Lancashire, UK.
See also
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
Hortense Clémentine Tanvet Sculptor
References
^ Chateau d'Ancenis, accessed 25 June 2016
- INSEE commune file
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