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Country
  
France

Department
  
Loire-Atlantique

Intercommunality
  
Grand Lieu

Area
  
8.04 km²

Region
  
Pays de la Loire

Canton
  
Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine

Population (2006)
  
3,233

Arrondissement
  
Nantes

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Geneston is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Contents

Map of Geneston, France

Notable citizens

  • Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), king's architect during the reign of François Ier and Henri II. On official papers, he was called "Abbé de Geneston" (Priest of Geneston).
  • Mgr Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), born in Geneston. He was a religious in the Marquesas Islands.
  • Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), member of the monastic order Brother of Ploërmel, born in Geneston, resistant during the Second World War and killed in Cologne, Germany

    • References

    Geneston Wikipedia
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