Sucé-sur-Erdre
Sucé -sur -Erdre ( Breton: Sulieg ) is a commune with 6356 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Loire -Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire.
Geography
Sucé -sur -Erdre located about 15 km north of Nantes on the waterfront in Erdretal. The municipality has a port on the river, a few kilometers north of Lac de Mazerolles widens, at the west bank of the 11.3 km ² Moor of Mazerolles begins.
Demographics
Since the early 1970s can Sucé -sur -Erdre recorded above-average population growth.
History
The first time in the 10th century mentioned name of the village comes from the Latin sulcus to German furrow, and from the Celtic Erdam, which means small river.
Sucé was a stronghold of the Calvinist preacher in the 16th and 17th centuries. Under Charles IX. , During the first Huguenot war, to Huguenots, where the exercise of their religion was banned in Nantes attracted back to Sucé and erected there a fortified place of assembly, of which today consists only of the Tour Gaillard. The Bishop of Nantes in 1677 ordered its destruction.
In 1973, named to the church in Sucé -sur -Erdre.
Attractions
The Château de Launay with its venerable facade and roof is classified as a Monument Historique Inscrit.
Partnerships
Sucé -sur -Erdre maintains a partnership with Kleinblittersdorf in Saarland.