Geneston (;
Gallo: ''Jeneston'' or ''Jnéton'', br, Banaleg-ar-Gevred) is a
commune in the
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...
department
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in western
France.
Population
The commune was created in 1954 from part of the commune of
Montbert
Montbert (; br, Monteverzh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France
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Twin towns - Sister cities
Geneston is twinned
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with:
* Covelo, Galicia, Spain
Personalities
* Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), architect
* Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), monk in the Marquesas Islands.
* Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), active in the Resistance during World War II
See also
* Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
References
Communes of Loire-Atlantique
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