Geneston

Geneston

*Jeneston/Jnéton* (Gallo)
*Banaleg-ar-Gevred* (Breton)
Geneston Jeneston/Jnéton (Gallo) ; Banaleg-ar-Gevred (Breton)
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Geneston Geneston
	Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 1°30′41″W / 47.0564°N 1.5114°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
Canton	Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Intercommunality	Grand Lieu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Karine Paviza
Area 1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44223 /44140
Elevation	14–39 m (46–128 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geneston (French pronunciation: [ʒənɛtɔ̃]; Gallo: Jeneston or Jnéton, Breton: Banaleg-ar-Gevred) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Population

The commune was created in 1954 from part of the commune of Montbert.^[2]

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[3]

Geneston is twinned with:

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Geneston, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Histoire" (in français). Commune of Geneston. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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