$the Hague - Fouassière

$the Hague - Fouassière is a common French of the Nantes Vignoble, located in the department of the Loire-Atlantique and in the area Pays of the Loire administratively and in the historical area Brittany lies.

Inhabitants of $the Hague - Fouassière are the Hayonnais and Hayonnaises .

This name is composed of the word " Haye" who indicates as old French " bois" and of the word " Fouassière" who comes from " Fouace " (or " fouasse"), typical cake with the tightened paste, in the star shape with six horns which was at the time a local speciality.

Geography

Commune located on the edges of the Separates Nantes, $the Hague - Fouassière has known for a few years a demographic strong progression related to its geographical location (about fifteen kilometers of Nantes), a framework of pleasant life, a SNCF railway station and the proximity of the four ways Nantes Cholet. Communes around $the Hague - Fouassière are Vertou, High-Goulaine, the Vault-Heulin, the Metal disc, Maisdon-on-Separates and Saint-Hackney carriage-on-Maine.

History

Before the French revolution, the commune bore the names of Saint-Jean-of-the-Hedge then of our-Lady-of-the-Hague.

Blazon

Of azure to the bar heavy shower accompanied with dextral by a broken into leaf bunch of grapes, sinistral of a fouace, the whole of gold; with the chief of hermine

Administration

Demography

Economy

Factory Danone (mark LU) specialized out of simple dry cookies and crackers

Places and monuments

Seat of the House of the Wines of Nantes.
old Speciality of Fouace .

Structure

Civil architecture

Rochefort Castle 18th.
Castle Breil 19th.
Castle Hallay 19th.
Castle Ferronnière 19th.
Manor of Patisseau 16th.
Old windmills of Breil.

Structure crowned

Church 19th neo-gothic.
Vault of Rochefort 16th.

Parks and green areas

The commune is a flowered city having obtained four flowers with the Concours of the cities and flowered villages with the prize list 2006.

Four places deserve the turning:

the garden of the cure
gardens of Los Corrales
the public garden of Peace,
the garden of the house of the wines.

Personalities related to the commune

Twinning

The commune of $the Hague Fouassière is twinned with:

Los Corrales de Buelna, province of Cantabrie in Spain.

Anecdote

Following the construction of a round not at the entry of the commune, close to the factory LU, the municipal council, in order to make known their commune, decides to enbellir this round-lays of a decoration making the difference with the other roundabouts of the neighbouring communes and their decoration of press with wine. In 1993, it is decided to create a futuristic decoration, a flying saucer 5 meters in diameter surrounded by 3 2 meters tops spanionautes carrying each one an emblem of the commune: a fouace for the first, a bottle of muscadet wine for the second and a Small butter for the third. The history wants that this machine spacial makes these provisions of foods before leaving the Earth for a galactic voyage to $the Hague - Fouassière.
The roundabout names the roundabout of space and its decoration cost at the time 800.000 francs. The saucer illuminates various colors with fallen from the jour.
Was the main objective of the mayor of the time achieved, since this roundabout was the object of popular television reports such as Combien that costs? and Y' do not have photo.

See too

the city receives the arrival of the cycle race Classic Loire-Atlantique since 2000.
the common one received the departure of the 2nd stage of the Tour de France 1988.
Common of the Loire-Atlantique

External bonds

Official site of the Town hall
Gate of community life hayonnaise
Infobretagne Site - historical Elements on $the Hague - Fouassière
Site bzh44.free.fr on the Loire-Atlantique - Card $the Hague - Fouassière
Géobreizh Site, gate on the geography of Brittany $the Hague - Fouassière/An Hae-Foazer
the Hedge-Fouassière on the site of the national geographical Institute
the Hedge-Fouassière on the site of INSEE
the Hedge-Fouassière on the site of Quid
Localization of the Hedge-Fouassière on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of the Hedge-Fouassière on Mapquest

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