Le Croisic
| Le Croisic Ar Groazig | ||
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La côte sauvage. | ||
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  Le Croisic | ||
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Le Croisic | ||
| Coordinates: 47°17′38″N 2°30′33″W / 47.2939°N 2.5092°WCoordinates: 47°17′38″N 2°30′33″W / 47.2939°N 2.5092°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire | |
| Canton | Le Croisic | |
| Intercommunality | Cap Atlantique | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michèle Quellard | |
| Area1 | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006[1])2 | 4,121 | |
| • Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 70,248 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44049 / 44490 | |
| Elevation |
0–20 m (0–66 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 ft) | |
| Website | http://www.lecroisic.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 Croisic (Breton: Ar Groazig), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The United States Navy established a naval air station on 27 November 1917 to operate seaplanes during World War I. The base closed shortly after the First Armistice at Compiègne.[2] The writer and historian Auguste Lorieux (1796–1842) was born in Le Croisic.
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References
- ↑ données officielles 2006 sur le site de l’INSEE
- ↑ Van Wyen, Adrian O. (1969). Naval Aviation in World War I. Washington, D.C.: Chief of Naval Operations. p. 45.
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