La Chapelle-Glain

La Chapelle-Glain
The church in La Chapelle-Glain The church in La Chapelle-Glain
Coat of arms of La Chapelle-Glain Coat of arms
La Chapelle-Glain
Location within Pays de la Loire region La Chapelle-Glain
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant
Canton	Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes
Intercommunality	Castelbriantais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Poupard
Area1	34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	824
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	44031 / 44670
Elevation	46–99 m (151–325 ft)
Website	www.cc-castelbriantais.fr
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.

La Chapelle-Glain is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Geography

La Chapelle-Glain is 31 km north of Ancenis, 55 km west of Angers, 66 km north-west of Nantes and 85 km south of Rennes.

The bordering communes are Juigné-des-Moutiers, Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes, Petit-Auverné, Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes and Le Pin in Loire-Atlantique, and Challain-la-Potherie and Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in the neighboring department of the Maine-et-Loire.

Monuments and sights

• The Château de la Motte-Glain is a 15th-century castle, remodelled in the 17th century.

• The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul contains a number of sculptures, pictures and other onjects that are listed as historic items by the French Ministry of Culture.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department