Le Pouliguen
| Le Pouliguen | ||
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Port et promenade du Pouliguen | ||
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  Le Pouliguen | ||
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Le Pouliguen | ||
| Coordinates: 47°16′40″N 2°25′45″W / 47.2778°N 2.4292°WCoordinates: 47°16′40″N 2°25′45″W / 47.2778°N 2.4292°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Le Croisic | |
| Intercommunality | Cap Atlantique | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Yves Lainé | |
| Area1 | 4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 5,308 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 70,248 | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44135 / 44510 | |
| Elevation | 0–23 m (0–75 ft) | |
| Website | http://www.lepouliguen.fr/ | |
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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. | ||
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Le Pouliguen is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
See also
- La Baule – Presqu’île de Guérande
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
- The works of Jean Fréour. The St Nicolas church in Le Pouliguen has two statues by the Breton sculptor.
It is twinned with a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales called Llantwit Major.
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