Haute-Goulaine (French pronunciation: [ot ɡulɛn] ; Gallo: Hautt-Góleinn, Breton: Gorre-Goulen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune is located near Nantes. Historically, the commune was part of Brittany.
Haute-Goulaine
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| Coordinates: 47°11′59″N 1°25′39″W / 47.1997°N 1.4275°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Canton | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire |
| Intercommunality | CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Fabrice Cuchot[1] |
Area 1 | 20.59 km2 (7.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 5,958 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44071 /44115 |
| Elevation | 0–56 m (0–184 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The chateau de Goulaine is one of the tourist sites that can be visited in the commune. Henri IV of France (king from 1589 to 1610) made the seigneury of Goulaine a marquisate in favour of Gabriel de Goulaine, husband of Marguerite de Bretagne.
On 22 October 1941, six of the 16 hostages shot in Nantes following the attack on Karl Hotz were buried in the Haute-Goulaine cemetery.
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See also
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edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Haute-Goulaine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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