Moutiers-in-Retz

Moutiers-in-Retz is a common French, located in the department of the Loire-Atlantique, in the administrative area of the Pays of the Loire and belonged to the historical Brittany.

The common belongs to the historical Brittany, in the traditional country of the Pays of Retz and in the historical country of the Nantes Pays. The inhabitants of Moutiers are the Monastériens and Monastériennes .

Moutiers-in-Retz Seaside resort is small a which knew to keep its charm of antan and a cordial environment thanks to its old borough.

Geography

Commune is made up of 4 different landscapes:

the Breton Marais in the southern part of the commune with its old saline Marais S which made the richness of the commune until the 18th century and the Port of the Collet for its exports of salt for the countries of the north of the Europe to the Middle Ages which is in extreme cases of the communes of Moutiers, Bourgneuf and Bouin (in the past Marches of Brittany). Today the Ostréiculture (Huître S the Vendée-Atlantic) replaced salt, but since 2002 salt returns, saltworks of 16 oieillets was resteuré and is visited, indeed this marsh in Moutiers was composed of small saltworks the majority of less than 16 eyelets, which could suppose that locally these saltworks are very old.

slopes of Vineyard S (Large-seedling, Muscadet wine, Gamay, chardonnay, gray and rosy grolleau, sauvignon, cabernet) and the village of Prigny
the borough, in the North-West, completely urbanized
Of the kilometers of Beach S on the Bay of Bourgneuf (Atlantic Ocean).

The commune is surrounded of the communes of Bourgneuf-in-Retz, of Bernerie-in-Retz, the Clion-on-Sea and Bouin (the Vendée).

The commune is crossed by the Blue Route (axis Pornic - Bourgneuf).

As the village is located in a Bay, there is a kind of microclimate where the temperatures are hotter practically on average of 3°C compared to the remainder of the corner, the sea can reach on the beach the 30°C exceptionally to see the 35°C in summer as in 2003. 25°C in water in summer is not rare when the weather is rather hot. At Easter, the sea can reach certain afternoons the 20°C when the weather is rather hot. In summer, the 40°C were already reached plusieures time and the average temperatures after midday are around the 27°C (According to my statements). The sunning is rather high there like overall on the south-Loire littoral.

History

In Xesiècle, the monks of Luçon had there a church which was destroyed by the Normands. In XIesiècle, several priories are built.

- The monks of the Saint-Jouin Abbey of Marnes located in the Poitou close to Thouars, found the Saint Nicolas's Day priory which will become the vault of Prigny.

- In 1038, is founded with Moutiers-in-Retz, by Juduel and his wife Agénor, a priory devoted to Notre-Dame of Ronceray, of Angers. It was the first church of Moutiers-in-Retz.

- Foundation of the priory of Saint-Pierre close to the church.

The population of Moutiers-in-Retz comes to be established gradually in the village become Moutiers, but the borough of Prigny is not abandoned. In the city draw up the castle rebuilt and equipped with four turns and a keep, like two vaults: one dedicated to Saint Jean Baptist and the other in Saint Jean the Evangelist. This last vault is little by little abandoned. It is the time when the Notre-Dame priory (of the bénédictines of Ronceray of Angers), located in the suburb, becomes very flourishing. The latter is the subject of many gifts on behalf of the commoners and lords of the area, of which Raoul de Machecoul.

At the end of XIesiècle, the Pascal pope issues that " the church of Holy Marie de Prigny will remain with perpetuity with the Ministry of Sainte-Marie d' Angers".

At the time of the Duchy of Brittany, Moutiers belonged to the following subdivisions: at the lower level, that of the " Closed of Retz", subdivision of the Countries " beyond Loire" who made them-even parts of the Nantes Pays.

In 1793, the borough of Moutiers undergoes two attacks of the Vendéens and is plundered and devastated by Cart. In 1794, the Adjudant-chef Lefaire orders to drown 41 prisoners of the republican troops.

The December 30th 1815, the commune of Prigny is attached to Moutiers.

The March 25th 1863, Bernerie-in-Retz separates from Moutiers.

Since 1875, the railroad Nantes - Pornic serves the commune.

Moutiers are famous Moutiers-in-Retz the June 5th 1986.

Blasonnement

Administration

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Demography

(population without double accounts starting from 1962)

Places and monuments

On the commune, there are 3 historic buildings:

the Vault of Prigny in the past church Saint-Jean-the-Baptist (11th century)
the Lantern of dead the (13th century)
the church Saint-Pierre (11th century and rebuilt at the 16th century)

To also see:

the Port of the Collet with its oyster activities, its lock (of 1879 and demolished in 2004) its kilometers of Beach S of fine and white Sand
marshes of the Collet , property of joubert of the collet, then after its descendants, Ecomard de Sainte Pazanne.
the Beach of the Pre-Vincent (blue House 2005)
the place of the center (concerts, Gone S and activities the be)
the Station
the salt-water marsh Held of Mareil (visits itself) road of Moraudeau
Cartret ; small bordery giving directly on the sea, property of M Joseph Ecomard and his family of holy pazanne, the Thirties at the Seventy.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Loire-Atlantique
Bay of Bourgneuf
Vault of Prigny
Breton Marsh
Country of Retz
Port of the Collet

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