Derval

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (August 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Derval (Loire-Atlantique)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Derval (Loire-Atlantique)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Derval Derva (Gallo) Derwal (Breton)
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Derval
Derval Location within France Show map of France Derval Location within Pays de la Loire Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°40′06″N 1°40′12″W / 47.6683°N 1.67°W / 47.6683; -1.67
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Châteaubriant-Ancenis
Canton	Guémené-Penfao
Intercommunality	Châteaubriant-Derval
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique David
Area 1	63.51 km2 (24.52 sq mi)
Highest elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Lowest elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2023)	3,601
• Density	56.70/km2 (146.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44051 /44590
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Derval (French pronunciation: [dɛʁval] ^ⓘ; Gallo: Derva, Breton: Derwal) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Geography

The river Chère forms all of the commune's northern border.

Population

International relations

Derval is twinned with Llanidloes, a small town in Wales.

Architecture

The castle, also known as the Saint-Clair Tower, is an ancient fortified castle, the remains of which stand in the woods, 2.5 kilometers north-northeast of the town. The building was first partially registered as a historic monument by decree of July 16, 1925 by the French Ministry of Culture, to protect the Saint-Clair tower. In November 2021, protection was extended to the entire site, both built and unbuilt parts, in order to protect the surrounding area, the moats and the buried remains.

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Derval (Loire-Atlantique).

This Loire-Atlantique geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

• v
• t
• e