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The Erdre ( French pronunciation: [ɛʁdʁ] ; Breton : Erzh ) is a 97.4 km (60.5 mi) long river in western France, right tributary to the Loire . Its source is in the Maine-et-Loire department , near La Pouëze . It flows through the departments Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique . The Erdre meets the Loire in the city of Nantes . Other towns on the Erdre, going downstream, are Candé , Riaillé , Nort-sur-Erdre and Sucé-sur-Erdre .

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18-644: Joué-sur-Erdre ( French pronunciation: [ʒwe syʁ ɛʁdʁ] , literally Joué on Erdre ; Gallo : Jóae , Jouë or Joueu , Breton : Yaoued ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Joué is first mentioned as Joseio in 1186. It belongs to the long list of Gallo-Romance toponyms such as Joué, Jouy , Gouy and Occitano-Catalan Gaujac having as origin Gaudiacu cf. Joué-en-Charnie (Sarthe, Gaudiaco 1186) or Joué-Étiau (Maine-et-Loire, Gaudiacus AB 7th, etc. It

36-593: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Nantes The Battle of Nantes took place between Royalist and Republican French forces at Nantes on 29 June 1793 during the War in the Vendée . It consisted of the siege of that town, and was a Republican victory. Louis Marie Turreau wrote of it: The siege of Nantes

54-665: A single person, 26.3% of couples without children, 37.6% of couples with children and 9.0% of single parent households. The median income was € 19,930 in 2017, which is below the national average of €21,110. There are two schools in Joué-sur-Erdre ;: the École primaire privée Saint Louis de Gonzague and the École Roger et Renée Jolivot . Joué-sur-Erdre is home to a Fire and Emergency Center. As of 2017, there are 1,166 dwellings in Joué-sur-Erdre. Among these 80.7% are main residences, and only 2.7% are apartments. 81.0% of

72-497: Is 66 meters above the sea level, the deepest one is seven meters above. The mean elevation is 37 meters above the sea level. The commune is crossed by the Erdre and the Isac rivers. The lake Vioreau was extended in 1835 to reach 200 ha. Although the highest point of the commune is 66 meters above the sea level, the mean level is 37 meters. That is to say that the commune is concerned by

90-493: Is a compound of Gaudi(us) , a Christian name based on gaudius "joy" and the Gaulish (Celtic) suffix -acum "place, property" cf. Welsh -og . Its Breton name is Yaoued . The Breton name of the people from Yaoued is Yaouedad (for men) and Yaouedadez (for women). Sur-Erdre ("Upon-the-Erdre") was added in the 19th century and it refers to the river name Erdre , itself from a Celtic * ered "running stream". The river

108-451: Is crossed by the railroad. The nearest airport is in Ancenis . In the 9th century, to shield the country from Norman invasion waves, a fort called Alon was built on what is now known as Joué-sur-Erdre. At the beginning of the 13th century, the castle of Vioreau and its neighbouring lands were called "Joué" referring to the lord who lived in, Hervé de Joué. In this time, Joué was the heart of

126-400: Is mentioned as Erda in the 11th century Joué-sur-Erdre is at 47°29′47″N 1°25′08″W  /  47.49639°N 1.41889°W  / 47.49639; -1.41889 , in western France in Loire-Atlantique . The commune is 29 km north-west of Ancenis and 30 km north-east of Nantes . The commune is, as the crow flies , 318 km of Paris. The highest point in the city

144-600: Is perhaps the most important military event of our revolution . Perhaps the destinies of the Republic [herself] were tied to the resistance of this town. The Battle of Nantes was one in a series of battles during the War in the Vendee, which was a counterrevolution in the French province of Vendee against the French revolutionaries and lasted from 1793 to 1796. It was one encounter in many between

162-496: The St Felix canal tunnel  [ fr ] under Rue Henri IV  [ fr ] , emerging near the main railway station. Its former course is a main road and shopping area, the Cours des Cinquante Otages  [ fr ] . This Maine-et-Loire geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Loire-Atlantique geographical article is

180-426: The global warming and the elevation of the sea level. Joué-sur-Erdre is among the 69,68% communes concerned by this elevation. The commune is made up of the principal village and many other hamlets as Notre-Dame-des-Langueurs , la Demenure , la Mulonnière , Franchaud , la Cormerais , and la Gicquelière . The RN 178 , running from east/west, crosses Joué-sur-Erdre. The hamlet of Gros Breil

198-648: The lake Vioreau , and the « Little Vioreau » which regularize the water level of the Canal de Nantes à Brest . Erdre South of Nort-sur-Erdre, the river flows through reclaimed marshland, and is up to a kilometer wide at the Plaine de Mazerolles near Sucé-sur-Erdre. At the Plaine de la Poupiniere, the Nantes-Brest canal joins the Erdre. The Erdre flows into the Loire via

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216-552: The failure of the siege of Nantes (from 19 June to 6 August 1487) hold by the duc de Bretagne , King Charles VIII and Anne of Beaujeu encamped with their troops in Joué. In 1592, during the Holy League , Joué-sur-Erdre and Nort-sur-Erdre hosted 12,000 French and Spanish troops headed by the Duke of Mercœur . On 30 May 1847, the village took its current name of Joué-sur-Erdre. In 2017,

234-583: The fountain Saint-Léger from 17th-18th centuries The houses of workers (1717) are in La Vallée . The city hall is located in an old presbytery built by Father Tiger in 1784. It is the city hall since 1987. The Hôtel des trois rois where Kings slept, including François Ier (May 1532), Henri II (on 12 July 1551), Charles IX and Catherine de Médicis (on 15 and 16 October 1565). There are two churches in Joué-sur-Erdre : Joué-sur-Erdre hosts two lacs,

252-518: The greatest seigniory near Nantes with a surface reaching twenty parishes in the 16th century. It was later assimilated in the Barony of Chateaubriant . Two castles still exist in the parish, Lucinière and la Chauvelière . In the first one used to live the bishops of Nantes from the 15th to the 16th centuries. The castle of la Chauvelière used to belong to the Brittany chancellor. On 13 August 1487, after

270-593: The labor force reached 1,162 people. The unemployment rate of the village was 10.9%. During the European Constitution referendum which took place on 29 May 2005, there were 40,39% voting "yes" and 59,61% voting "no". The abstention rate was 26,04%. During the first round Nicolas Sarkozy obtained 27.74% of the votes and Ségolène Royal obtained 25.12%. During the second round 53.06% of the votes were obtained by des voix furent remportées par Nicolas Sarkozy against 46.94% for Ségolène Royal. The participation rate

288-420: The main residences are owned by their occupant. The castel of Vioreau ; built in 1202. It remains only ruins. The château de Lucinière built in the 14th and 19th centuries. Its chapel, its orangery , its dining room and its internal decoration are historic monuments since 9 December 1985. The castel of la Chauvelière , 17th and 19th centuries, used to be own by the Brittany chancellor. Vestiges of

306-557: The second round Michel Ménard was elected. Joué-sur-Erdre's population is between 1500 and 2500 inhabitants, thus they elect 19 counsellors . The new mayor is Jean-Pierre Belleil. The first round was on 9 March 2008: The second round was held on 16 March 2008: The allée de Chênes ("alley of Oaks ") of the château de Lucinière , also called " la Grande Avenue ", is a classified environmental site since 9 February 1949. It shelters tercentenaries oaks. As of 2017, there are 956 households in Joué-sur-Erdre. Of these, 25.5% consist of

324-417: Was 86.48% (nationwide : 83.97%) and spoilt vote represented 3.75% of the electors (nationwide : 4.20%). The first round was held on 22 April 2007: The participation rate was 87.25% (national average 83.77%) and spoilt vote represented 1.37% of the votes (national average 1.44%). The second round was held on 6 May 2007: Joué-sur-Erdre is part of the Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency . During

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