Geneston

Geneston Jeneston/Jnéton (Gallo) Banaleg-ar-Gevred (Breton)
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Geneston
Geneston Geneston
Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 1°30′41″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)
Population  (2023)	3,685
• Density	458/km2 (1,190/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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1954	719	—
1962	821	+1.67%
1968	952	+2.50%
1975	1,252	+3.99%
1982	1,595	+3.52%
1990	1,958	+2.60%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1999	2,217	+1.39%
2007	3,380	+5.41%
2012	3,592	+1.22%
2017	3,641	+0.27%
2023	3,685	+0.20%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Twin towns - Sister cities

Geneston is twinned with:

• Covelo, Galicia, Spain

Personalities

• Philibert Delorme (1510–1570), architect
• Rogatien Martin (1849–1912), monk in the Marquesas Islands.
• Jean-Baptiste Legeay (1897–1943), active in the Resistance during World War II

See also

• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department