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Le Pallet

Le Pallet
The chapel of Sainte-Anne, in Le Pallet
The chapel of Sainte-Anne, in Le Pallet
Coat of arms of Le Pallet
Coat of arms
Le Pallet is located in France
Le Pallet
Le Pallet
Coordinates: 47°08′20″N 1°20′04″W / 47.1389°N 1.3344°W / 47.1389; -1.3344Coordinates: 47°08′20″N 1°20′04″W / 47.1389°N 1.3344°W / 47.1389; -1.3344
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement Nantes
Canton Vallet
Intercommunality Communes de Vallet
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Pierre-André Perrouin
Area1 11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population (2007)2 2,650
 • Density 230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 44117 /44330
Elevation 2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)

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.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Pallet is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

It lies on the Sèvre Nantaise river.

Le Pallet is notable as the birthplace of Peter Abelard (1079–1142), the medieval scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. Abelard is best known for the story of his affair with and love for his student Héloïse.


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