Haute-Goulaine Explained

Haute-Goulaine
Native Name: (Gallo)
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Haute-Goulaine (Loire-Atlantique).svg
Arrondissement:Nantes
Canton:Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
Insee:44071
Postal Code:44115
Mayor:Fabrice Cuchot[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo
Coordinates:47.1997°N -1.4275°W
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:56
Area Km2:20.59

Haute-Goulaine (in French pronounced as /ot ɡulɛn/; Gallo: Hautt-Góleinn, Breton: Gorre-Goulen) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune is located near Nantes. Historically, the commune was part of Brittany.

The chateau de Goulaine is one of the tourist sites that can be visited in the commune. Henri IV of France (king from 1589 to 1610) made the seigneury of Goulaine a marquisate in favour of Gabriel de Goulaine, husband of Marguerite de Bretagne.

On 22 October 1941, six of the 16 hostages shot in Nantes following the attack on Karl Hotz were buried in the Haute-Goulaine cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.