Bouchemaine
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Angers | |
| Canton | Angers-2 | |
| Community association | Angers Loire metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 11-73 m | |
| surface | 19.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,774 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 342 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 49080 | |
| INSEE code | 49035 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-bouchemaine.fr/ | |
 Place in La Pointe (Bouchemaine municipality) |
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Bouchemaine (dt .: Mainemündung ) is a western commune with 6774 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-2 (until 2015: Angers-Ouest ). The inhabitants are called Bouchemainois or Bouchemanceaux .
geography
Bouchemaine consists of the three localities of Pruniers, Bouchemaine and La Pointe and is a banlieue in the south-west of Angers . Here the Maine flows into the Loire . Bouchemaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beaucouzé in the north, Angers in the northeast, Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire in the east, Denée in the southeast, Savennières in the south and west and Saint-Léger-de-Linières with Saint-Jean-de-Linières in the Northwest.
Bouchemaine is located in the Chaume and Anjou wine-growing regions .
The place has a train station on the Tours – Saint-Nazaire railway line .
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bouchemaine
- Château de Petit-Serrant (castle), monument historique since 1989
- Saint-Symphorien Church, Monument historique since 1972
- Manoir de Louzil (mansion), monument historique since 1975
- Railway bridge - Pont de Prunier, built in 1908, today used as a pedestrian and cyclist bridge (the railway line was closed in 1947)
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Anjou wine region .
Community partnerships
- Lamego , Viseu District, Portugal
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 181-185.
