Brains
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Place details
- Locality
- Brains
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,325
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Loire-Atlantique
- Arrondissement
- Nantes
- Canton
- Rezé-1
- Intercommunality
- Nantes Métropole
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Laure Beslier
- Area
- 15.31 km (5.91 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,709
- Density
- 176.9/km (458.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 44024 /44830
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Brains
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nantes
- Population
- +2709
- Area
- +15.31
- Elevation
- +19
- Shares border with
- Saint-Léger-les-Vignes
- Official website
- www.mairie-brains.fr
- Image
- Eglise de Brains, Loire-Atlantique, France.jpg
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Article
Brains ( French pronunciation: [bʁɛ̃] ; Gallo: Brâin or Brein, Breton: Brenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune is a part of historical Brittany, in the traditional region of Retz, and in the historical region of Nantes.
Geography