Pornic (; ''Pornizh'' in Breton, ''Port-Nitz'' in
Gallo
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**Gallo-Roman culture
**Gallo language, a regional language of France
**Gallo-Romance, a branch of Romance languages
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) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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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 ...
department in western
France
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.
In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of
Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer ( br, Lokmaria-Pornizh) is a former commune in the Pays de Retz, situated in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' and in the French région of Pays de la Loire. From 1973, it was absorbed by the neighbouring commune of Pornic ...
and Clion-sur-Mer.
Population
Sights
*
Château de Pornic
The Château de Pornic is a restored castle in the ''commune'' of Pornic in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' of France, 50 km from Nantes. It is also known as the "Château de Barbe Bleue" (Bluebeard) because it belonged to Gilles de Ra ...
; medieval castle
Breton language
The municipality launched a linguistic plan through
Ya d'ar brezhoneg
(french: Oui au breton, en, Yes to Breton) is a campaign started in the 21st century by the ( en, Office of the Breton language) to promote and stimulate the use of the Breton language in daily life in Brittany, northwestern France. Breton is a ...
on 1 March 2006.
Transport
The
Pornic train station is served by trains to
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
and Sainte-Pazanne.
Twin towns
*
Scalby,
North Yorkshire
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- since 1995
*
Linz am Rhein
Linz am Rhein (in English ''Linz on the Rhine'') is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the river Rhine near Remagen, approx. 25 km southeast of Bonn and has about ...
, Germany - since 1995
*
Baiona, Spain - since 1995
Climate
Pornic has a ''Csb'' type climate (Mediterranean with mild summers). The highest temperature recorded in Pornic is 38.1 °C on 4 August 2003, while the lowest temperature was -11.2 °C on 2 February 1986. Pornic's average temperature between 1971 and 2000 is approximately 12.8 °C.
See also
*
Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer ( br, Lokmaria-Pornizh) is a former commune in the Pays de Retz, situated in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' and in the French région of Pays de la Loire. From 1973, it was absorbed by the neighbouring commune of Pornic ...]
References
Communes of Loire-Atlantique
*
Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
Populated coastal places in France
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