Weddings have been celebrated here since 1774

The name of the place tells its origins: under the Ancien Régime, a « censive » was land granted by a lord in exchange for the cens, its annual due.

In 1749, Jean-Pierre Brée, director of the royal rope manufactory of Nantes, purchased the estate and proclaimed himself « lord of la Censive ». He built a private chapel there — where he married his daughter in 1774: the first wedding in the estate's long history.

In 1798, la Censive passed by marriage into the Pouvreau family, who would go on to give Le Bignon a mayor.

The estate then passed to Benjamin Laisant, mayor of Le Bignon, whose son Charles-Ange Laisant was the first republican deputy of Nantes, and later to the Clouet family.

La Censive spent two centuries as a family estate, at the gateway to the Nantes vineyards.

In 1987, the venue opened its doors to receptions under the name « Domaine de la Sensive »: for more than thirty years, weddings and family celebrations were held here.

In 2020, it became the Domaine Nantais — the first venue and the birthplace of Lieux d'Exception.

Fully renovated in 2025, it remains faithful to what the 1774 chapel had begun: here, we celebrate.