Saint-Herblain

The French city of Saint- Herblain in the department of Loire -Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire with 43,082 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) is the third largest city in the department. It is located about 60 km from the Atlantic coast west of Nantes. The city is the seat of the cantons of Saint- Herblain -Est and Saint- Herblain - Ouest- Indre.

Boroughs

The city consists of the districts:

  • Le Bourg
  • Les villages of Ecarts
  • Bellevue
  • La Crémetterie
  • Tillay
  • Preux
  • La Bergerie

History

Saint- Herblain was founded as Santa Hermeland 640-720 of a Benedictine monk.

Infrastructure

Of the approximately 3 ha total area of ​​the city just under 1.7 ha are cultivated. As a directly adjacent to Nantes city, they met some infrastructure tasks of the Urban Community, the Agglomà Nantaise. So, in St.Herblain one of the largest hospitals throughout France. The Leclerc supermarket has long been the largest in France. Among the superlatives include the Zénith.

A large number of local companies and institutions requires St. Herblain to a service center. Heavy industry is not settled. The residential tower " Sillon de Bretagne ", which at times had 3000 inhabitants, is the highest elevation of the entire region.

Attractions

The town has many historic buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries, including the Church of Saint- Hermeland from the 15th century, is a monument historique since 21 December 1925.

From 1970 comes the Sillon de Bretagne, with nearly 800 apartments one of the largest skyscrapers in Central Europe. Total live and work more than 3500 people in it.

Traffic

The train station of Nantes is 15 minutes away and the airport 10 minutes by car. East of Saint- Herblain the European route runs 3

Twinning

Saint- Herblain maintains international partnerships with the following cities:

  • St. Ingbert Germany (Saarland), since 1981
  • Ireland Waterford ( Ireland), since 1982
  • Spain Viladecans (Spain ), since 1992
  • N'Diaganiao Senegal (Senegal), since 1987
  • Cleja Romania (Romania )
  • Bulgaria Kazanlak (Bulgaria)

A friendship agreement has been signed with Bethlehem in Palestine.

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Nantes Cantons of France Postal codes in France
701348
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