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Besné

commune in Loire-Atlantique, France
Place Commune Of France Q672231

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official website
www.mairie-besne.fr[10]
Official name
Besné[27]

Location

Country
France[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.398°, -2.091°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Loire-Atlantique, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire[1][2]
Shares border with
Crossac, Donges, Pontchâteau, Prinquiau[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
+17.54[33]
Elevation above sea level
5 (0–16, n=3)[30][31][32]
Female population
+1506[28]
Male population
+1545[29]
Population
3.3k (1.4k–3.3k, n=17)[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,819 · 2,958 · 3,037 · 3,051 · 3,117 GeoNames 2,999 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
44160[9]
More facts +5
Associated electoral district
canton of Saint-Nazaire-2[34]
Head of government
Sylvie Cauchie[4]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Saint-Nazaire[35]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Besné[25]
Phone number
+33-2-40-01-30-13[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Besné es Besne nl Besne uk Бене zh 贝内 zh-hant 貝內
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Besné-44-Chapelle-St-Second1.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
00812429n
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
43782, 43783
EHESS ID of a French commune
3944
Email address
mailto:contact@besne.fr
FactGrid item ID
Paul Duden
Freebase ID
/m/03nwb__
GeoNames ID
6449071
Insee municipality code
44013
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.12.1.4.8.1_1
National Address Base ID
6f204a5c-cdf9-4e50-9b1c-5afce6f69842
OpenStreetMap relation ID
173695
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PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtdjy1QY4JNO
Who's on First ID
101764631

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 4
Donges, Pontchâteau, Crossac, Prinquiau
← Shares border with 4
Donges, Pontchâteau, Crossac, Prinquiau
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Loire-Atlantique, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Loire-Atlantique, Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Saint-Nazaire-2
Country 1
France
Instance of 1
commune of France
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Related Entities

Donges France Pontchâteau

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 3,322, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 27w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Loire-Atlantique, arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire
    Shares border with → Crossac, Donges, Pontchâteau +1
    Male population → 1,545
    Area → 17.54 square kilometre
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30067"
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