Le Cellier

Le Cellier (French: [lə.sɛlje] (listen)) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Le Cellier
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Cellier
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Coordinates: 47°19′13″N 1°20′43″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Nort-sur-Erdre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Morel
Area ^1	35.99 km^2 (13.90 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,793
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44028 /44850
Dialling codes	0240
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,496	—
1806	1,842	+23.1%
1821	2,220	+20.5%
1831	2,167	−2.4%
1841	2,161	−0.3%
1851	2,387	+10.5%
1861	2,243	−6.0%
1872	2,266	+1.0%
1881	2,345	+3.5%
1891	2,586	+10.3%
1901	2,532	−2.1%
1911	2,573	+1.6%
1921	2,052	−20.2%
1931	1,835	−10.6%
1946	1,898	+3.4%
1954	1,851	−2.5%
1962	1,836	−0.8%
1968	1,844	+0.4%
1975	2,035	+10.4%
1982	2,681	+31.7%
1990	3,139	+17.1%
1999	3,449	+9.9%
2009	3,618	+4.9%
2017	3,793	+4.8%

Sights

The commune lies on the north bank of the Loire River; this spot offers magnificent views.

Château de Clermont

The Château de Clermont, built between 1643 and 1649 by the Chenu, an old French family, was acquired by the Maupassant family. At the end of his life, the actor Louis de Funès came to live in the castle, which had been inherited by his wife, a descendant of the Maupassants.

Tomb of Louis de Funès

In 2013 the mansion became a museum dedicated to Funes. The banks of the Loire were also visited by the poet René-Guy Cadou or the painter William Turner.

The Folies-Siffait are strange vestiges of architecture from the nineteenth century, hanging gardens overlooking the Loire River.[2][3]

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ligerien.christian/LES FOLIES SIFFFAIT.htm
3. http://www.conservatoire-jardins-paysages.com/livres.php?id=235

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department