Béhuard
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Canton | Angers-3 | |
| Community association | Angers Loire metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 41 ′ W | |
| height | 12-16 m | |
| surface | 2.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 125 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49170 | |
| INSEE code | 49028 | |
| Website | behuard.mairie49.fr/ | |
 Center of Béhuard |
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Béhuard is a French municipality with 125 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Angers and is part of the canton of Angers-3 (until 2015: canton of Saint-Georges-sur-Loire ). The inhabitants are called Béhuardais .
geography
Béhuard is located about twelve kilometers southwest of Angers on an island in the Loire . Béhuard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Savennières in the north, Denée in the east, Rochefort-sur-Loire in the south and south-east and La Possonnière in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 110 | 85 | 100 | 93 | 94 | 110 | 127 | 124 |
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Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Béhuard
- Notre-Dame church, built in the 15th century, monument historique since 1862
- Way of the Cross
- Houses from the 15th to 18th centuries, some of which were designated as Monuments historiques in 1948
- River port
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 1077-1079.
Web links
Commons : Béhuard - collection of images, videos and audio files
