Savenay
Savenneg | |
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 The parish church of Saint-Martin-de-Tours, in Savenay | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Savenay  | |
  Savenay  Savenay | |
| Coordinates: 47°21′43″N 1°56′26″W / 47.3619°N 1.9406°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Blain |
| Intercommunality | Estuaire et Sillon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Mezard[1] |
| Area 1 | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 9,350 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44195 /44260 |
| Elevation | 0–86 m (0–282 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Savenay (French pronunciation: [sav(ə)nɛ] ; Savenneg in Breton) is a town (administratively a commune) in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France which is part of the Pays de la Loire region. It is located on the Sillon de Bretagne (a mountain range defining the southern part of Brittany) and overlooks the marshes of the Loire river, seven kilometers to its south. Under the Old Regime, it was part of the province of Brittany.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.