Blain, Loire-Atlantique
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Banks of the canal de Nantes à Brest and the Château de Blain.
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Location within Pays de la Loire region
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| Coordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°WCoordinates: 47°28′37″N 1°45′44″W / 47.4769°N 1.7622°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaubriant | |
| Canton | Blain | |
| Intercommunality | Région de Blain | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Daniel Leroux | |
| Area1 | 101.72 km2 (39.27 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 9,284 | |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44015 /44130 | |
| Elevation | 7–44 m (23–144 ft) | |
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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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Blain is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chaussée.
Blain is twinned with the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, England.
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