Abbaretz

Abbaretz (; Gallo: Abarèt, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region of western France.

==Geography== Abbaretz is located 20 km south-west of Châteaubriant and 20 km north-east of Blain. Access to the commune is by the D2 road from Nozay in the west passing through the village and continuing east to La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne. The D1 road comes from Treffieux in the north passing through the village and continuing south. The D35 road comes from Issé in the north-east passing through the village and continuing south-west to Puceul. The D24 road branches from the D1 just south of the village and goes south-east to Joué-sur-Erdre. The D69 road from Issé to Nort-sur-Erdre passes through the east of the commune. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of: Les Breils-Clement La Chauvelaie La Chauvelais Le Chene Trouy Coulouine La Gleminiere La Godardais La Hazardiere Le Houx Le Maffay La Placiere La Rainais La Riviere Rozay Villeneuve