Sautron

Sautron
L'hôtel de ville.
Sautron
Location within Pays de la Loire region Sautron
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Orvault
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Cécile Gessant
Area1	17.28 km2 (6.67 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,809
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	44194 / 44880
Elevation	25–80 m (82–262 ft)
Website	http://www.sautron.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.

Sautron is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Geography

File:Location Sautron.svg Sautron is located 10 km north west of Nantes, close to the Nantes-Vannes expressway.

Surrounding communes are Vigneux-de-Bretagne, Orvault, Saint-Herblain and Couëron.

According to the classification established by INSEE, Sautron is a commune urbaine (urban commune), one of 19 communes in the suburban area of Nantes.

Sites and monuments

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  The church

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  The Château des Croix

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  Chapelle de Bongarant

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

External links

• Website of the Commune of Sautron
• Sautron on the Institut Géographique National website
• Sautron on the INSEE website