La Chapelle-Glain (;
Gallo
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: ''La Chapèll-Glen'', br, Chapel-Glenn) is a
commune in the
Loire-Atlantique
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''
département
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'' in western
France
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.
Geography
La Chapelle-Glain is 31 km north of
Ancenis
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, 55 km west of
Angers, 66 km northwest of
Nantes
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and 85 km south of
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
.
The bordering communes are
Juigné-des-Moutiers,
Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes
Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes (; br, Sant-Juluan-Gouwent) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France
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,
Petit-Auverné
Petit-Auverné (; br, Arwerneg-Vihan) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France
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,
Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and
Le Pin in Loire-Atlantique, and
Challain-la-Potherie and
Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in the neighboring department of the
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-e ...
.
Population
Sights
* The
Château de la Motte-Glain is a 15th-century
castle
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, remodelled in the 17th century.
* The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul contains a number of sculptures, pictures and other objects that are listed as historic items by the French Ministry of Culture.
See also
*
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
References
Communes of Loire-Atlantique
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