Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu

Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Intercommunality Grand Lieu
Mayor Monique Rabin
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 0–51 m (0–167 ft)
(avg. 8 m/26 ft)
Land area1 58.81 km2 (22.71 sq mi)
Population2 6,253  (1999)
 - Density 106 /km2 (270 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 44188/ 44310
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

It's about 400 km southeast of Paris, via Chartres, Le Mans, Angers, and Nantes.

Vicomte Bertrand Jochaud du Plessix, a Lieutenant in the Free French Forces who died (13 May 1941), reposes in the local cemetery. He was first buried at Gibraltar, having been shot down near there.[1]

His daughter is the American writer Francine du Plessix Gray.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bertrand Jochaud du Plessix" (in French). Ordre de la Libération. 2004-07-07. http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/310.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  2. ^ Flint, Peter B. (1991-04-29). "Tatiana du Plessix Liberman Dies; Leading Designer of Hats Was 84". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEEDE1438F93AA15757C0A967958260. Retrieved 2008-10-31.