Ancenis
Part of Ancenis-Saint-Géréon
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.
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.
Coat of arms of Ancenis
Coat of arms
Location of Ancenis
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Ancenis is located in France
Ancenis
Ancenis
Ancenis is located in Pays de la Loire
Ancenis
Ancenis
Coordinates: 47°22′24″N 1°17′37″W / 47.3733°N 1.2936°W / 47.3733; -1.2936
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementChâteaubriant-Ancenis
CantonAncenis-Saint-Géréon
CommuneAncenis-Saint-Géréon
Area
1
20.07 km2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
7,656
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
44150
Elevation5–41 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.

Ancenis (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃s.ni]; Breton: Ankiniz) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.[2] On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ancenis-Saint-Géréon.[3] It is a former sub-prefecture of the department, and was the seat of the former arrondissement of Ancenis.

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" [4] and the door of Brittany.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
YearPop.±%
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

Sport

The soccer team is called RCA 44, (Racing Club D'Ancenis 44)

Personalities

Twin towns

Ancenis is twinned with both the town of Kirkham in Lancashire, UK and Bad Brückenau, a spa town in Bad Kissingen district, northern Bavaria which is situated in the Rhön Mountains in Germany.

See also

References

  1. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2016, INSEE
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ancenis, EHESS (in French).
  3. ^ Préfecture de Loire-Atlantique (2018-09-26). "Recueil des actes administratifs de Loire-Atlantique" (PDF). loire-atlantique.gouv.fr (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  4. ^ Chateau d'Ancenis, accessed 25 June 2016
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