Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Blain

Blain

Blain is a commune in the department in western . The commune includes the small town of Blain and the villages of and La Chaussée.
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  • Type: Town with 10,200 residents
  • Description: commune in Loire-Atlantique, France
  • Also known as: “Blaen” and “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Postal codes: 44130 and 44130

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Laurent de Blain and Château de Blain.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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The or Château de la Groulais, is a mediaeval castle constructed in the 13th century and heavily remodelled in the 16th, located in the commune of Blain in the département of France.

Church
Photo: Llann Wé², CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Émilien-de-Blain and La Chevallerais.

Village
is a village and parish in France, part of the commune of Blain, Loire-Atlantique. The parish and village are named after Saint Émilien, Bishop of Nantes, who died when trying to save the city from the Arabs during their invasion of 725. is situated 6 km southeast of Blain.

Village
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is a commune in the department in western . is situated 7 km east of Blain.

Village
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is a commune in the department in western . is situated 7 km south of Blain.

Blain

Latitude
47.47555° or 47° 28′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.76437° or 1° 45′ 52″ west
Population
10,200
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR XAI
Open location code
8CVWF6GP+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26697688
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3032462
Wiki­data ID
Q134204
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Blain” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Blain”
  • Afrikaans: “Blain”
  • Albanian: “Blain”
  • Aragonese: “Blain”
  • Arpitan: “Blain”
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  • Bambara: “Blain”
  • Basque: “Blain”
  • Bavarian: “Blain”
  • Breton: “Blaen”
  • Cajun French: “Blain”
  • Catalan: “Blaen”
  • Catalan: “Blain”
  • Cebuano: “Blain (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Blain”
  • Chechen: “Блен”
  • Chinese: “Blain”
  • Chinese: “布兰”
  • Chinese: “布蘭”
  • Corsican: “Blain”
  • Croatian: “Blain”
  • Czech: “Blain”
  • Danish: “Blain”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Dutch: “Blaen”
  • Dutch: “Blain”
  • Esperanto: “Blaen”
  • Esperanto: “Blain”
  • Estonian: “Blain”
  • Extremaduran: “Blain”
  • Faroese: “Blain”
  • Finnish: “Blain”
  • French: “Blaen”
  • French: “Blain”
  • French: “Saint-Émilien-de-Blain”
  • Friulian: “Blain”
  • Galician: “Blain”
  • German: “Blaen”
  • German: “Blain”
  • Hungarian: “Blain”
  • Icelandic: “Blain”
  • Ido: “Blain”
  • Indonesian: “Blain”
  • Interlingua: “Blain”
  • Interlingue: “Blain”
  • Irish: “Blain”
  • Italian: “Blaen”
  • Italian: “Blain”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Blain”
  • Japanese: “ブラン”
  • Kabyle: “Blain”
  • Kalaallisut: “Blain”
  • Kongo: “Blain”
  • Kurdish: “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Ladin: “Blain”
  • Latin: “Blain”
  • Latin: “Castrum Bableni”
  • Latvian: “Blain”
  • Ligurian: “Blain”
  • Limburgan: “Blain”
  • Lithuanian: “Blain”
  • Low German: “Blain”
  • Luxembourgish: “Blain”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Blain”
  • Malagasy: “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Malay: “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Malay: “Blain”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Blain”
  • Minangkabau: “Blain”
  • Narom: “Blain”
  • Neapolitan: “Blain”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blain”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blain”
  • Norwegian: “Blain”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Blaen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Blain”
  • Papiamento: “Blain”
  • Persian: “بلین،لوار آتلانیک”
  • Picard: “Blain”
  • Piemontese: “Blain”
  • Polish: “Blain”
  • Portuguese: “Blain”
  • Prussian: “Blain”
  • Romagnol: “Blain”
  • Romanian: “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Romanian: “Blain”
  • Romansh: “Blain”
  • Russian: “Блен”
  • Sardinian: “Blain”
  • Scots: “Blain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Blain”
  • Serbian: “Blain”
  • Serbian: “Blen”
  • Serbian: “Блен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Blain”
  • Sicilian: “Blain”
  • Slovak: “Blain”
  • Slovenian: “Blain”
  • Spanish: “Blaen”
  • Spanish: “Blain”
  • Swahili: “Blain”
  • Swedish: “Blain”
  • Swiss German: “Blain”
  • Tatar: “Блен”
  • Turkish: “Blain”
  • Ukrainian: “Блен”
  • Venetian: “Blain”
  • Vietnamese: “Blain”
  • Vlaams: “Blain”
  • Volapük: “Blain”
  • Walloon: “Blain”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Blain, Loire-Atlantique”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Blain”
  • Welsh: “Blaen”
  • Welsh: “Blain”
  • Wolof: “Blain”
  • Zulu: “Blain”
  • “Blain”

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