Doulon
Sign in to saveDoulon is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department (formerly Loire-Inférieure), bordering Nantes (to the east), which was annexed to the latter in 1908. Its territory largely corresponded to that of one of Nantes's 11 current districts, called Doulon-Bottière (part of which is now also part of Malakoff-Saint-Donatien).
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- Official name
- Doulon
- Population
- 6990
- Image
- Mairie de Doulon.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1908-01-01
- Commons category
- Doulon
- postal code
- 44300
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- Middle Ages
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- Demographic evolution (1793–1906)
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Doulon is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department (formerly Loire-Inférieure), bordering Nantes (to the east), which was annexed to the latter in 1908. Its territory largely corresponded to that of one of Nantes's 11 current districts, called Doulon-Bottière (part of which is now also part of Malakoff-Saint-Donatien).
== Boundaries == On the eve of its annexation in 1908, the territory of the former commune was roughly bounded: to the east, by the boundaries of the commune of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire (marked in particular by the Aubinière stream); to the south, by the banks of the Loire; to the west, by the Pont de la Moutonnerie (including the present-day Malakoff-Pré Gauchet district); to the north, by the Boulevard Ernest-Dalby and the Route de Sainte-Luce (D68) as far as Place du Commandant-Cousteau, then by the Route de Paris from Haluchère to Aubinière. thumb|center|Map of the districts of Nantes in 1926, the former commune of Doulon corresponds to the 8th district.