Gétigné, Loire-Atlantique Département, Pays de la Loire, France

Geography | History

🇫🇷 Gétigné (Yestinieg) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

It was part of the Brittany-Poitou Marches, and is located in the Nantes vineyard. It forms with three contiguous communes the urban unit of Clisson.

Geography The neighboring municipalities of Gétigné are Clisson and Boussay in Loire-Atlantique, Sèvremoine in Maine-et-Loire, and Cugand in Vendée. Gétigné occupies an indentation of Loire-Atlantique between Vendée and Maine-et-Loire.

History The parish of Gétigné was founded in the Middle Ages around the twelfth century. In 1409, Gétigné joined the Brittany-Poitou Marches. Its crossroads of Anjou, Brittany and Poitou contribute to the economic and military development of the parish. The two rivers Moine and Sèvre saw the development of activities related to the use of hydropower with the presence of many mills.

Since the Middle Ages, Gétigné has a church Sainte Radegonde near an abbey of the same name. The castle of La Roche is built by the lords of Clisson (including Olivier II) around the fourteenth century. The castle is bought in 1461 by Marguerite d'Orléans, wife of Richard d'Étampes for his son, the Duke of Brittany Francis II.

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Gétigné has a population of over 3,746 people. Gétigné also forms part of the wider Nantes Arrondissement which has a population of over 864,158 people. It is also a part of the larger Loire-Atlantique Département.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Gétigné has links with:

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Antipodal to Gétigné is: 178.752,-47.076

Locations Near: Gétigné -1.2483,47.0764

🇫🇷 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon -1.183,47.367 d: 32.7  

🇫🇷 Les Herbiers -1.013,46.871 d: 29  

🇫🇷 Nantes -1.554,47.219 d: 28  

🇫🇷 Cholet -0.879,47.058 d: 28  

🇫🇷 La Roche-sur-Yon -1.426,46.671 d: 47.1  

🇫🇷 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu -0.871,47.687 d: 73.6  

🇫🇷 Fontenay-le-Comte -0.806,46.466 d: 75.8  

🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne -1.771,46.496 d: 75.8  

🇫🇷 Bressuire -0.488,46.84 d: 63.5  

🇫🇷 Angers -0.547,47.471 d: 68.7  

Antipodal to: Gétigné 178.752,-47.076

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19290.6  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19291.4  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19295.5  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19295.5  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19297.1  

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19393.4  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19284.2  

🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19226.6  

🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19174.5  

🇳🇿 Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19160  

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