Bouzillé
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| local community | Orée d'Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Cholet | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49530 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49040 | |
| Incorporation | December 15, 2015 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Bouzillé is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Orée d'Anjou with 1,493 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .
With effect from December 15, 2015, the municipalities of Bouzillé , Champtoceaux , Drain , Landemont , Liré , Saint-Christophe-la-Couperie , Saint-Laurent-des-Autels , Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont and La Varenne were removed from the former Communauté de communes du Canton de Champtoceaux amalgamated into a Commune nouvelle with the name Orée d'Anjou. The municipality of Bouzillé belonged to the arrondissement of Cholet and the canton of La Pommeraye (until 2015: canton of Champtoceaux ).
geography
Bouzillé is located about 44 kilometers west-southwest of Angers in the Mauges countryside .
Attractions
- Chapel of Sainte-Sophie
- La Bourgonnière castle from the 14th century, Le Christ-Habillé renaissance chapel , monument historique since 1924/196372005
- La Mauvoisinière Castle, Monument historique since 1988/2005
Chapel of Sainte-Sophie
La Bourgonnière Castle
Personalities
- Paul Poupard (* 1930), cardinal
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 385-388.
