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Flag of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 4 September 2002
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The municipality of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (24,726inhabitants in 2009, therefore the 5th most populous municipality in the department; 1,166 ha, including 180 ha made of islands on the river Loire) is located in the south-eastern outskirts of Nantes, on the southern bank of river Loire.
In the 15th century, the town, then called
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigne, was the place of a famous pilgrimage.
St. Sébastien was invoked against the black plague.
Ivan Sache, 4 September 2002
The flag of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, as communicated by the municipal administration, is white with the municipal coat of arms in the middle.
On the coat of arms, the wavy diagonal most probably symbolizes
river Loire, whereas the ermines spots recall that the town was part
of the Duchy of Brittany.
Ivan Sache, 4 September 2002