Geneston
Jeneston/Jnéton (Gallo)
Banaleg-ar-Gevred (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of Geneston
Coat of arms
Location of Geneston
Geneston is located in France
Geneston
Geneston
Geneston is located in Pays de la Loire
Geneston
Geneston
Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 1°30′41″W / 47.0564°N 1.5114°W / 47.0564; -1.5114
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonSaint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
IntercommunalityGrand Lieu
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Karine Paviza[1]
Area
1
8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
3,697
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44223 /44140
Elevation14–39 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]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1954 719—    
1962 821+1.67%
1968 952+2.50%
1975 1,252+3.99%
1982 1,595+3.52%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 1,958+2.60%
1999 2,217+1.39%
2007 3,380+5.41%
2012 3,592+1.22%
2017 3,641+0.27%
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

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Geneston, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ↑ "Histoire" (in French). Commune of Geneston. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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