Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer

Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer (Breton: Lokmaria-Pornizh) is a former commune in the Pays de Retz, situated in the Loire-Atlantique département and in the French région of Pays de la Loire. From 1973, it was absorbed by the neighbouring commune of Pornic and from 1 July 2007 it became a subdivision of this commune.

L'eglise de ste marie a pornic - panoramio

The commune forms a part of Brittany, in the traditional county of Retz and in the historical Pays Nantais.

The inhabitants of Sainte-Marie are known as the Sanmaritains and Sanmaritaines.

Geography

Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer is a market town on the Côte de Jade, with a jagged coastline strewn with coves.

History

At one time, during the French First Republic, Sainte-Marie was known as Roche-Peltier.

The commune of Sainte-Marie was attached to that of Pornic on 1 June 1973 (under the terms of the Marcelin law of 16 July 1971).

On 16 May 2006 the Sanmaritains voted for the complete amalgamation of the communes of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Pornic with 50.83% of the vote in favour (with a difference of just 47 votes out of more than 2800 voters). In effect, from 1973, Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer possessed a status of associated commune with Pornic and removed the deputy mayor of Sainte-Marie, Jean-François Cossé who had opposed the amalgamation of the two communes.

On 1 July 2007, after the acceptance by the prefect of the amalgamation of the communes of Pornic and Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer, the latter lost its status as associated commune and became a subdivision of Pornic .

List of mayors
  • Abbé Beaudouin -1823
  • Bodin des Plantes 1823-
  • Edouard Thomas -1828
  • François Raffin 1828- (maire provisoire)
  • Edouard Thomas -1852
  • René Laraison 1852-1870
  • Michel Picot 1870-1884
  • François Maurice 1884-1886
  • Jules Galot 1886-
  • Guillon Constant 1886-
  • Souchlaud
  • Bézier
  • Rouhaud

After the amalgamation with the town of Pornic, Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and the aforementioned Pornic came to represent a single electoral zone.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,220—    
1800 1,097−1.51%
1806 1,119+0.33%
1821 1,286+0.93%
1831 1,458+1.26%
1841 1,459+0.01%
1846 1,414−0.62%
1851 1,501+1.20%
1856 1,456−0.61%
1861 1,484+0.38%
1866 1,517+0.44%
1872 1,532+0.16%
1876 1,536+0.07%
1881 1,522−0.18%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1886 1,604+1.06%
1891 1,715+1.35%
1896 1,837+1.38%
1901 1,850+0.14%
1906 1,832−0.20%
1911 1,792−0.44%
1921 1,578−1.26%
1926 1,652+0.92%
1931 1,658+0.07%
1936 1,638−0.24%
1946 1,736+0.58%
1954 1,869+0.93%
1962 1,899+0.20%
1968 2,059+1.36%
Source: EHESS[1]

Places and monuments
  • Sainte-Marie church
  • Le chateau de La Mossardière
  • Commonwealth war graves in Ste. Marie Communal Cemetery

People from Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer
  • René Babonneau

Resiting of the market

Since the end of March 2007 the market was moved creating a heated debate between tradesman, customers and the town hall. In the Courier of the Pays de Retz of 5 April 2007 the writer of the article spoke of a toxic atmosphere in the town.

See also

References

¹ - Source : Ouest France.

Notes
  1. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sainte-Marie, EHESS (in French).

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