Batz-sur-Mer

Batz-sur-Mer
Borg-de-Baz (Gallo)
Bourc'h-Baz (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms of Batz-sur-Mer
Location of Batz-sur-Mer
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Batz-sur-Mer is located in France
Batz-sur-Mer
Batz-sur-Mer
Batz-sur-Mer is located in Pays de la Loire
Batz-sur-Mer
Batz-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 2°28′44″W / 47.2781°N 2.4789°W / 47.2781; -2.4789
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementSaint-Nazaire
CantonLa Baule-Escoublac
IntercommunalityCA Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Catherine Lehuédé[1]
Area
1
9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,823
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44010 /44740
Elevation0–21 m (0–69 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Batz-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ba syʁ mɛʁ], literally Batz on Sea; Gallo: Borg-de-Baz, Breton: Bourc'h-Baz) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

The commune is situated on a former island, which until around the 9th century was separate from the mainland at Guérande and the neighbouring island of Le Croisic. The territory of the commune is now part of the wild coast of the Guérande Peninsula with rocky cliffs, sandy beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and extensive salt marshes to the northeast and east.

The town lies between the Bay of Biscay and its salt marshes and is a very Breton town of whitewashed granite houses.[3]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arthur Eperon, The Loire Valley (1989), p. 195