Calif. Families Babineau Nowak Soudan, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Soudan is inn the department of Loire-Atlantique of the french region Pays de la Loire. South West of Paris to the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic.
There is another Soudan in the department of Deux-Sevres of the french region Poitou-Charentes. Just South of Pays de la Loire

Joseph Babineau came from the first one which has a population just over 2,000 so does not show up om most maps.

City of Soudan, Loire-Atlantique Population 2,015 in 2007

It is about a 200 mile (345 Km) drive [3 ½ hours] South West of Paris

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