Le Pallet

Le Pallet is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.

Le Pallet
The chapel of Sainte-Anne, in Le Pallet
Coat of arms
Location of Le Pallet
Le Pallet
Le Pallet
Coordinates: 47°08′20″N 1°20′04″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
ArrondissementNantes
CantonVallet
IntercommunalityCommunes de Vallet
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre-André Perrouin
Area
1
11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,239
  Density280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
44117 /44330
Elevation2–52 m (6.6–170.6 ft)
(avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies on the Sèvre Nantaise river.

Notable people

Le Pallet is notable as the birthplace of Peter Abelard (1079–1142), the medieval scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. Abelard is best known for the story of his affair with and love for his student Héloïse.[2]

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