Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Sébastien on

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

''; br, Sant-Sebastian-an-Enk) is a

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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 o ...

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in western

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. It is the third-largest

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of the city of

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 is adjacent to it on the southeast, across the river

. It has two railway stations on the line to

Clisson Clisson (; br, Klison), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes. The town and the celebrated ...

: Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés and Saint-Sébastien-Frêne-Rond. The territory of the commune was occupied at the earliest 3,000 years before our era. During the Revolution, despite its proximity to Nantes, the commune sided massively against the Republic and joined the Vendée insurrection of March 1793.

Population

Twin towns - sister cities

Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire is twinned with: * Cernavodă, Romania * Glinde, Germany *

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, Hungary *

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, Mali *

Porthcawl Porthcawl (, ) is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, west of the capital city, Cardiff and southeast of Swansea. Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the So ...

, Wales, United Kingdom

Personalities

* Héloïse Adelaïde Letissier(born 1 June 1988) (age 31),professionally known as Christine and the Queens or simply Chris, is a French singer, songwriter and producer. * Clara Hervouet *

Giovanni Sio Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio (born 31 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club FC Sion. Born in France, he represented the Ivory Coast at international level. Career Born in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, ...

(born 31 March 1989), footballer * Nates Geovannie, rugby player

Population

Twin towns - sister cities

Personalities

See also