Bégrolles-en-Mauges

Bégrolles-en-Mauges
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Cholet
Canton	Beaupréau
Community association	Agglomération du Choletais
Coordinates	47 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 56 ′  W
height	74-117 m
surface	14.69 km 2
Residents	2,068 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	141 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	49122
INSEE code	49027
Website	http://www.begrolles-en-mauges.com/

Bégrolles-en-Mauges is a French commune with 2,068 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is located in the department of Maine-et-Loire in Région Pays de la Loire . Bégrolles-en-Mauges belongs to the Arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of Beaupréau . The inhabitants are called Bégrollais .

geography

Bégrolles-en-Mauges is located about nine kilometers north-north-west of Cholet in the Mauges countryside . Bégrolles-en-Mauges is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beaupréau-en-Mauges in the north, Le May-sur-Èvre in the east, Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet in the south-east, La Séguinière in the south and south-west and Sèvremoine in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1.104	1,146	1,254	1,435	1,520	1,531	1,721	1,976
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame Abbey of Bellefontaine

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bégrolles-en-Mauges

• Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey, founded in 1120, destroyed during the Vendée Wars around 1794, rebuilt in the 19th century
• Les Landes mill, a historic monument since 1975
• House Bégrolles

Personalities

• Jean Victor Tharreau (1767-1812), general

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 324-327.

Web links

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