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Vigneux-de-Bretagne

Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Loire-Atlantique

City of Loire-Atlantique in Pays de la Loire, Vigneux-de-Bretagne takes place about thirty minutes from Nantes and is part of the historic Britain. Near the Furrow of Brittany and rivers and the Gesvres Cens, this town of over 5700 inhabitants boasts remarkable scenery. Groves, trails or waterways are well in the city program.

Old, the common Vigneux-de-Bretagne reflects a rich and loaded past. yet one can also admire an important architectural heritage of these centuries of tradition and history.

Pleasant, Vigneux-de-Bretagne marks the end of the campaign before the arrival in the city of Nantes and its more urban landscapes. Nature reigns supreme in this county in which to live or spend a few days holiday.

Geographical information

MunicipalityVigneux-de-Bretagne
Postcode44360
Latitude47.3260930 (N 47° 19’ 34”)
Longitude-1.7374280 (W 1° 44’ 15”)
AltitudeFrom 24m to 92m
Surface area54.68 km²
Population6421 inhabitants
Density117 inhabitants/km²
PrefectureNantes (25 km, 28 min)
Insee code44217
IntercommunalityCC d'Erdre et Gesvres
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
RegionPays de la Loire

Nearest cities & towns

Le Temple-de-Bretagne4.7 km (7 min)
Notre-Dame-des-Landes6.9 km (10 min)
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc7.8 km (12 min)
Treillières9.6 km (11 min)
Sautron10.3 km (11 min)
Fay-de-Bretagne11.8 km (11 min)
Orvault12.2 km (16 min)
Malville12.7 km (14 min)
Grandchamp-des-Fontaines12.7 km (14 min)
Cordemais13.2 km (16 min)
Couëron14.8 km (17 min)
Bouvron16.5 km (17 min)
Héric16.7 km (16 min)

Things to see and do

The town of Vigneux-de-Bretagne unveils its visitors a number of important monuments in typical Breton architecture and unique landscapes in their kind.

The city has several castles on its territory, like the castle of the Bretonnière, former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Rohan. The current building was built in the sixteenth century and remodeled in the eighteenth in a Breton neogothic style. Today it hosts receptions or seminars. The Château du Bois-Rignoux, who now serves as convalescent home, not missing more interest. With thirty hectares of woods and meadows, a manor house and two ponds, the monument which dates from the late nineteenth century seduced passing visitors.

The site also houses two churches, those of St. Martin built in 1860, and the Holy Trinity of Paquelais which dates from the 1850s.

A rural museum of La Paquelais possible to learn a little more about life in the area before.

Walking through Vigneux-de-Bretagne, it is possible to admire several mills, including a refurbished walk and appreciate the charms of the pond Choizeau.

Several marked footpaths across Vigneux-de-Bretagne, like the loop de Sevigne, that of Mill, or the binding of a meridian.

Places of interest

Leisure centres

Events and festivities

Attached to its traditions, the city of Vigneux-de-Bretagne offers throughout the year of cultural importance and sporting events.

The weekly market takes place every Saturday morning. A market for land is offered each August.

The month of May sees the celebration of the spring festival at the museum.

In September, the city offers its festival buckwheat to the rural museum of the Pays Nantais. crafts demonstrations of old and animations are scheduled.

Cyclo-cross the city, organized in September, attracts many cycling enthusiasts.

Running, running two bell towers, or Strides vignolaises, animates the city in October.

Every two years in October, all the cities of the Community of Municipalities offer the Itty Bitty festival with entertainment for the younger ones.

Weather

Tuesday 23 april
Min. 4°C - Max. 12°C
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Wednesday 24 april
Min. 6°C - Max. 15°C
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Thursday 25 april
Min. 3°C - Max. 14°C
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Visits, leisure and activities nearby

Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
Nantes City Pass : Visits, Activities, Museums & Transport
Entertainment27 € Nantes (18.7 km)
Outdoor escape game - The Alchemist's Elixir
Entertainment19 € Nantes (19 km)
Tropical walking at Tropicarium Bonsaï
Nature and the great outdoors4 € to 6 € La Baule-Escoublac (45 km)

Outings

Last nameOuting typeDifficultyDurationDeparture municipality
Carquefou - Saint-Mars-la-Jaille Greenway
Cycling itineraryEasy5:00Carquefou (18.1 km)
Circuit Loire
HikeEasy2:30Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (28 km)
Circuit of the Little Anjou
HikeEasy2:30Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (28 km)
Vélocéan - Cycling in Loire-Atlantique
Cycling itineraryEasy4:30Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (33 km)
Freshness and disconnection in the Hâvre Valley - oudon
HikeEasy2:05Oudon (34 km)

Restaurants

Bed & breakfasts

Vacation rentals

Campsites

Hotels

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