Geneston
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Geneston
|native name = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Jeneston/Jnéton}} (Gallo)
{{native name|br|Banaleg-ar-Gevred}}
|commune status = Commune
|image = Geneston - façade de l'église.jpg
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Geneston (Loire-Atlantique).svg
|arrondissement = Nantes
|canton = Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
|INSEE = 44223
|postal code = 44140
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Grand Lieu
|coordinates = {{coord|47.0564|-1.5114|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 14
|elevation max m = 39
|area km2 = 8.04
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Geneston ({{IPA|fr|ʒənɛtɔ̃}}; Gallo: Jeneston or Jnéton, {{langx|br|Banaleg-ar-Gevred}}) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
The commune was created in 1954 from part of the commune of Montbert.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|15268|Geneston}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-44223#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1954 |719
|1962 |821
|1968 |952
|1975 |1252
|1982 |1595
|1990 |1958
|1999 |2217
|2007 |3380
|2012 |3592
|2017 |3641
}}
Twin towns - Sister cities
Geneston is twinned with:
Personalities
- Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), architect
- Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), monk in the Marquesas Islands.
- Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), active in the Resistance during World War II
See also
References
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{{Loire-Atlantique communes}}
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Category:Communes of Loire-Atlantique
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