Ancenis


Ancenis is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ancenis-Saint-Géréon. It is a former sub-prefecture of the department, and was the seat of the former arrondissement of Ancenis.
It played a great historical role as a key location on the road to Nantes, the historical capital of Brittany. It was named "the key of Brittany" and the door of Brittany.

Population

Sights

  • Château d'Ancenis, a medieval and Renaissance castle
  • The Loire river on which Ancenis is located
  • Church of Saint Peter, 15-16-17th century
  • Chapel of the Ursulines
  • Chapel Notre-Dame de Délivrance
  • Old quarter with mediaeval houses
  • Dolmen at Pierre-Couvretière

    Sport

The soccer team is called RCA 44,

Personalities

  • William Louiron, footballer
  • Henri Ottmann, painter
  • Léon Séché, poet and writer
  • Jordan Veretout, French footballer
  • Jules Roussel, racing driver

    Twin towns

Ancenis is twinned with both the town of Kirkham in Lancashire, UK and Bad Brückenau, a spa town in Bad Kissingen district, northern Bavaria which is situated in the Rhön Mountains in Germany.