Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine

Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine


région=Pays de la Loire
département=Loire-Atlantique
arrondissement=Nantes
longitude=-1.41555555556
latitude=47.1441666667
canton=Vertou-Vignoble
insee=44159
cp=44690
maire= Jean-Yves Lecoq
mandat= 2001-2008
intercomm=Sèvre, Maine et Goulaine
alt moy=53 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=53 m
hectares=597
km²=5,97
sans=1147
date-sans=2 007
dens=166|

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.

Geography

*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.

*The cities bordering Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine are: Vertou, La Haie-Fouassière, Château-Thébaud andMaisdon-sur-Sèvre.

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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Jumelage

Saint Fiacre sur Maine has town twinning agreement with
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démographie
1962= 636
1968= 651
1975= 761
1982= 935
1990= 935
1999= 996
2007= 1147

Famous people born in Saint-Fiacre

*Sophie Trébuchet (mother Victor Hugo).

External links

* [http://www.st-fiacre.com/ Village website]
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=42363 Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine on the Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=44159&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine on the Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine on the Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=440159 Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maineon afrench map]