Le Cellier
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Commune of Le Cellier |
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| The Saint-Méen chapel. | ||
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| Time Zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique (44) | |
| Mayor | Philippe des Jamonières (since 2001) |
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| Land area¹ | 35,99 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
3,448 | |
| - Density | 95/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 44028/ 44850 | |
| Dialling code | 0240 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Le Cellier is a town and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of north-western France.
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[edit] Monuments and Sites of Interest
The commune is on the north bank of the Loire River; this spot offers magnificent views and urged famous people to live here.
The Château de Clermont, built between 1643 and 1649 by the Chenu, an old french family, has been occupated after by close people from Guy de Maupassant. At the end of his life, the actor Louis de Funès came to live in the castle, property of his wife, descendant of the Maupassant.
The banks of the Loire have seen also the poet René-Guy Cadou or the paintor William Turner.
The Folies-Siffait are strange rests of architecture from the 19th century. These hanging gardens overlooks the Loire.
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