Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Sébastien on
Loire''; br, Sant-Sebastian-an-Enk) 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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Government and military
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in western
France.
It is the third-largest
suburb
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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
Loire. It has two railway stations on the line to
Clisson:
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:
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Cernavodă
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The town's name is derived from the Bulgarian ''černa voda'' (черна вода in Cyrillic), meaning 'black water'. This name is regarded by ...
, Romania
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Glinde, Germany
*
Kaposvár, Hungary
*
Kati, Mali
*
Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
Personalities
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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.
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Clara Hervouet
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Giovanni Sio (born 31 March 1989), footballer
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Nates Geovannie
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, rugby player
See also
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Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
References
External links
Official website
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