Ancenis

Ancenis ( Breton Ankiniz in , Anczeniz or Anceniz in Gallo) is a common French, located in the department of Loire-Atlantique and the area Pays of the Loire. It belongs to the historical Brittany. It forms part with Vitré, Fougères, Châteaubriant and Clisson of the “Steps of Brittany”.

Its inhabitants is called Anceniens and Anceniennes.

History

Ancenis draws its name from Andenemessos : of Ande = quoted Gallic of the Andes or Andécaves and of nemessos = crowned forest. Ancenis was a place crowned for the Gallic people of the Andécaves.

In 845, Ancenis is plundered by the chief Viking Hasting.

Geography

the commune of Ancenis is located at the edge of the Loire.

Ancenis is located at 45 km in the east of Nantes, 58 km in the west of Angers and 147 km in the south of Rennes.

the common bordering to Ancenis are Oudon, Saint-Géréon, Couffé, Mésanger, Rock-White the, Saint-Herblon in Loire-Atlantique, and Liré and Drain in Maine-et-Loire.

Administration

Demography

Blasonnement

Two blasonnements are brought back:

Of mouths, with three cinquefoils of hermine, two and one. ( illustrated France , 1882, of Malta-Brown)

Of azure, with five cinquefoils of hermine. ( illustrated France , 1882, of Malta-Brown)

Economy

Antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.

Tourist monuments and places

the castle 15-16-17th (partially ruined and closed down)
Saint-Pierre Church, 15-16th with a sacristy arched of the 15th
Vault of the Ursulines (17th)
Vault Our-lady of the Delivery
Presbytery (17th)
old working
Museum of Art and History
medieval Dams on the Loire (10th)
Bridge Anjou-Brittany (1953) on the Loire, border natural enters the departments of Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire: Suspended bridge of Ancenis;
Statue of the poet Joachim of Bellay, vis-a-vis the Loire, in the garden of the Spur close to the Anjou-Brittany bridge;
Dolmen known as of “Pierre couvretière”, IVe century before JC
Peulvan called “Pierre with the Devil”;
marshes of Grée (in the North-East of the city);

Twinnings

Personalities related to the commune

Leon Dried, literary man (1848).
Francis Robert, founder and giver of the Hospital of Ancenis.
Rene-Yves Creston, artist plastics technician, ethnologist and resistant, born the October 25th 1898.
Bernard Toublanc-Michel, realizer born the December 6th 1927.
Edouard Landrain, politician, former deputy, former mayor of Ancenis, born on July 1st, 1930; deceased on June 24th, 2006

See too

Common of the Loire-Atlantique

External bonds

Official site of the town hall
To live in Ancenis
Geography of Brittany, gate of the cities and countries Breton - Ancenis/Ankiniz
Ancenien Film club since 1979

Ancenis on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ancenis on the site of INSEE
Ancenis on the site of Quid
Localization of Ancenis on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ancenis on Mapquest
ACPA - Aero club of the Country of Ancenis

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