Blou

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Blou
Blou (France)
Blou
region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Saumur
Canton Longué jumelles
Community association Saumur Val de Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height 23-111 m
surface 21.46 km 2
Residents 994 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 49160
INSEE code

Blou is a French municipality with 994 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Longué-Jumelles . The inhabitants are called Blosiens .

geography

Blou is located about 40 kilometers east-southeast of Saumur in the Baugeois . Blou is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple in the north, Vernantes in the east and northeast, Neuillé in the south and southeast, Vivy in the south and Longué-Jumelles in the west.

The A85 car route runs through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 902 867 823 799 752 824 946 1,013
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 739-742.

Web links

Commons : Blou  - collection of images, videos and audio files