Thouaré-sur-Loire

Thouaré-sur-Loire
Commune
The church of Saint-Vincent
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°16′06″N 1°26′22″W / 47.2683°N 1.4394°W / 47.2683; -1.4394Coordinates: 47°16′06″N 1°26′22″W / 47.2683°N 1.4394°W / 47.2683; -1.4394
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Carquefou
Intercommunality	Nantes Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Martine Oger
Area 1	12.76 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	10,261
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44204 /44470
Elevation	1–73 m (3.3–239.5 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thouaré-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [twaʁe syʁ lwaʁ] (listen), literally Thouaré on Loire; Breton: Tarvieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Origin of the name[]

The origins of Thouaré are not certain. According to certain hypotheses, the foundation of the city was due to a Roman legionnaire by the name of Taurus or Tauraicus, who had been given a rich villa in the area. Another is that it is due to a Celtic god, worshipped in this part of Gaul, by the name of .

The name of Thouaré appears for the first time in the chart of Louis the Fat in 1123. Its orthography differs due to successive editors: Thoaré, Thoyré, Touaré, Thoaret, Thoairé, then finally Thouaré.

See also[]

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References[]

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